Linux along with Windows booted from USB Stick (Co-existence of Linux& Windows)

[David Brown]

A very big list is present in the below link-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines
It contains GPL versions also.

Lot of flavours :-(,
But, which is the best freely available platform
virtual machine ?

It all depends on your needs.

For general use, I'd recommend Virtual Box. It's easy to install and
use, cross-platform, pretty fast for most uses, has reasonably
successful support for USB devices, and has useful guest drivers and
additions. It is very close to "free" - most of it is available open
source, and the even the closed-source bits are free cost.

If you are using a Linux host, kvm is it the other main choice. It
takes a bit more work (such as reading how-tos) to use it, but it is
solid and flexible. It is a good choice for more serious work on a
Linux host.

QEMU is the choice if you are emulating different processors.

Free versions of VMWare are a good choice if you need compatibility with
existing VMWare virtual machines - otherwise you are better off with
Virtual Box (the paid-for versions of WMWare have other features that
might make them worth the cost).

For DOS emulation, use DOSBOX.

And for multiple linux virtual servers on a linux host, something like
openvz is often a better choice, being so lightweight.


So in summary, choose Virtual Box unless you have more specialist needs.

 

[karthikbalaguru]

TRY DUAL BOOTING BETWEEN WINDOWS XP AND UBUNTU 9.10 USING WUBI.EXE!

I have not tried wubi :-(

If i use Wubi, should i need to
restart windows whenever i
want to enter into Linux ?

I did some searches in internet,
and got the below info -
'Ubuntu is installed within a file
in the Windows file system
(c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), as
opposed to being installed
within its own partition. This file
is seen by Linux as a real hard disk. '

The above lines seem to convey
that windows and linux co-exist
because Ubuntu is installed within
a file in the Windows File system.

The above seem to convey that
linux can be run just like any
other application in windows by
just clicking over the shortcut in
windows . Do they co-exist ?

But, I came across the below line
that states that 'Wubi adds an
entry to the Windows boot menu
which allows the user to run Linux'.

So, should i need to restart evertime
to enter into linux ? Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

 

[karthikbalaguru]

I have not tried wubi :-(

If i use Wubi, should i need to
restart windows whenever i
want to enter into Linux ?

I did some searches in internet,
and got the below info -
'Ubuntu is installed within a file
in the Windows file system
(c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), as
opposed to being installed
within its own partition. This file
is seen by Linux as a real hard disk. '

The above lines seem to convey
that windows and linux co-exist
because Ubuntu is installed within
a file in the Windows File system.

The above seem to convey that
linux can be run just like any
other application in windows by
just clicking over the shortcut in
windows . Do they co-exist ?

But, I came across the below line
that states that 'Wubi adds an
entry to the Windows boot menu
which allows the user to run Linux'.

So, should i need to restart evertime
to enter into linux ? Any ideas ?

Okay, i got some good links -
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wubi

So, it seems that i need to reboot
to switch to linux :-( :-(

Wubi is a program that that allows
you to install Ubuntu as a dual-boot
by installing it as a huge file inside
of Windows and then modifying the
Windows boot loader to add an
entry for Ubuntu.

http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/06/22/wubi-dual-boot-windows-ubuntu-free/
Wubi allows you to install and uninstall
Ubuntu as any other application. If you
heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you
wanted to try them without the fear
of losing windows or data or partioning,
then wubi seems to be the right choice.

It does not provide co-existence
of Windows and Linux at the same
time :-(

Karthik Balaguru