Can Oracle Linux save me from the Win

[Edgar09]

Hello everybody
I got a big problem.! My DataBase Teacher wants us to install SQL 2008 cause on 3 days i gotta practice for the big test But the requirements are a ton "Visual Basic 2008 with service pack 1 & IIS" but thats just a tiny part of the problem.! My Windows 7 crashed.! So iam thinking can linux oracle be the answer of my ugly problems.?!
Can SQL 2008 open database made from linux Oracle?

Any opinions Linux Experts.?:popcorn:

[arubislander]

I'm afraid that if you need a SQL Server 2008 database you'll need to install SQL Server 2008 and that on a Windows (virtual) machine...

[Edgar09]

O.k i have a Virtual Box
So if i install W7 in it i can install SQL.?
But right that i cant have internet access?
Can this be the solution.!?:o

[arubislander]

Sorry to have left you hanging, and seeing the urgency, it probably doesn't matter anymore... but no, you should be able to get internet access from a guest operating system installed with virtual box...

Did you get your work done, one way or another?