Howto: install Windows in Ubuntu Hoary for free

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Originally Posted by Lunde

What's there to not like? Can you describe your problem a bit more spesific

The network is bridged / routed from your network card, just like you would share your connectin between 2 adapters, just that one is virtual

Qemu is a complete emulator that shares / provide virtual hardware, memory and CPU to the windows / guest environment.

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Ah, I thought I wouldn't be able to use networking with Windows-thingies.
Then should I just ignore the error?

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Originally Posted by Trojan1313

Ah, I thought I wouldn't be able to use networking with Windows-thingies.
Then should I just ignore the error?

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So, what happens if you use the flag -user-net Do you use some kind of special network setup?

Anyone having problems getting the cdrom recognized?

I am trying to get winXP instaklled and have downloaded and created the 6 "boot" disk's from M$ so I can install XP. Problem is when I get to the final disk it then asks for the CD to be installed.

I tried the following command lines (as well as remounting the CD, and converting the CD into an ISO even tho it is not a bootable cd):

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom0 -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/hdc -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

Anyone have any ideas?

Is there a link anywherre to an ISO of a "bootable" winXp CD? I could put in my own serial at the appropriate time.

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Originally Posted by djmadkins

Anyone having problems getting the cdrom recognized?

I am trying to get winXP instaklled and have downloaded and created the 6 "boot" cd's from M$ so I can install XP. Problem is when I get to the final disk it then asks for the CD to be installed.

I tried the following command lines (as well as remounting the CD, and converting the CD into an ISO even tho it is not a bootable cd):

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom0 -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/hdc -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

Anyone have any ideas?

Is there a link anywherre to an ISO of a "bootable" winXp CD? I could put in my own serial at the appropriate time.

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...six boot CDs? :s

Sorry Lunde, forgot to write you back. I got it working now. :D
Thanks for your help. :)


btw, is there any way to send files between the virtual disk and the real disk? And is there a way to resize it?

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Originally Posted by djmadkins

Anyone having problems getting the cdrom recognized?

I am trying to get winXP instaklled and have downloaded and created the 6 "boot" disk's from M$ so I can install XP. Problem is when I get to the final disk it then asks for the CD to be installed.

I tried the following command lines (as well as remounting the CD, and converting the CD into an ISO even tho it is not a bootable cd):

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/cdrom0 -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fd0 -cdrom /dev/hdc -hda /home/adkinsj/Qemu/hd.img -user-net -pci -m 512 -k en-us

Anyone have any ideas?

Is there a link anywherre to an ISO of a "bootable" winXp CD? I could put in my own serial at the appropriate time.

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Some other people have reported strange problems if you have more then 1 CD device.
For the .iso you can use the following command (If this is not what you have already tried):

mkisofs -RJ -o file.iso /cdrom/

Then link up the cdrom as -cdrom file.iso
Do you have more then 1 CD player (RW / R)?

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Originally Posted by Trojan1313

...six boot CDs? :s

Sorry Lunde, forgot to write you back. I got it working now. :D
Thanks for your help. :)


btw, is there any way to send files between the virtual disk and the real disk? And is there a way to resize it?

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Resize:
http://www.carlsonhome.net/computer_help_log.php

All the commands regarding fdisk is not written in this howto, but it shows the general procedure. You don't have to use Knoppix, any distro / livecd with ntfs resize and fdisk may do.

As for inserting files into the image, I've read somewhere that its possible, but can't remember how. I don't see the point, it's a better solution to set up networking and shared forlders.

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Originally Posted by Lunde

Resize:
http://www.carlsonhome.net/computer_help_log.php

All the commands regarding fdisk is not written in this howto, but it shows the general procedure. You don't have to use Knoppix, any distro / livecd with ntfs resize and fdisk may do.

As for inserting files into the image, I've read somewhere that its possible, but can't remember how. I don't see the point, it's a better solution to set up networking and shared forlders.

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Oh, right, I forgot I'm in network with my guest. :p

mine says it can't find qemu

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Originally Posted by tmasboa

mine says it can't find qemu

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How far did you get with the installation?

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Originally Posted by Lunde

First make sure your hd.img is created with the right size.
I had a similar problem with a win98 installation, I formated the hd.img first. Try and see if it helps. No point giving RWX to everybody, it'll do no difference.

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It does seem to not be the proper size, since I tried formatting the hd.img with fdisk in the dos window and it bombed out after 32% saying no space left in the drive. What's wrong with my size?