> qemu ? yes, but not raw, you need a disc-image Both QEMU and VMware emulate an entire computer which has its own hardware. This means that once you boot Windows from within QEMU (it can boot from real disks), it will need to reconfigure itself to run on emulated hardware. And, as we all know, Windows is not really good at that.
Your best bet would be to create a disk image and install Windows there. Sure, it will not be lightning fast, but QEMU can be quite fast if you use the accelerator module (you will have to download and compile it yourself). If you are not familiar with QEMU command line options, there at least three GUI front-ends that you might want to give a try (none of them are in Debian): for KDE (never tried it): http://kqemu.sourceforge.net/ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kqemu/kqemu-0.3Alpha.tgz?download for Java (needs Sun Java): http://exprofesso.com/jqemu/ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jqemu/jqemu-1.1.0.zip?download for GTK (yes, that is my name on it): https://gna.org/projects/qemulaunch http://svn.gna.org/daily/qemulaunch-snapshot.tar.gz > vmware ? probably.. It may run a little faster than QEMU, but I simply cannot recommend it, because it is, you know, evil... > xen ? no, there were license-issues with M$-Windows & xen Form Xen FAQ: 1.4. Does Xen support Microsoft Windows? The paravirtualized approach we use to get such high performance has not been usable directly for Windows to date. However Xen 3.0 added Intel VT-x support to enable the running of unmodified guest operating systems, including Windows XP & 2003 Server, using hardware virtualization technology. We are working on implementing support for the equivalent AMD Pacifica technology. So it seems it is somewhat possible if you have the right hardware. Not that I know how to do it... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
