Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Greg Madden at 2009-10-18 07:44... > i prefer vm's to dual boot myself. Amen to that! Rebooting to test in Windows was such a nuisance for me that I actually went and PAID for a copy of VMware Workstation. Whilst VirtualBox has now reached a reasonable level of maturity, I don't regret my

Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 17 October 2009 01:58:41 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Matthew Smith wrote: > > Quoth Mathieu Malaterre at 2009-10-17 19:10... > > > >>   I am trying to install a WinXP in my virtualbox from the backup DVD > >> I made on my HP Pavilion just before install

Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Klistvud at 2009-10-17 22:19... > Dne, 17. 10. 2009 11:58:41 je Mathieu Malaterre napisal(a): > >> This is *exactly* the hardware it was installed on. > > I'm afraid Virtualbox might be of a different opinion. IIRC Virtualbox > makes use of a "virtualized" hardware layer which is not ident

Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 17. 10. 2009 11:58:41 je Mathieu Malaterre napisal(a): > This is *exactly* the hardware it was installed on. I'm afraid Virtualbox might be of a different opinion. IIRC Virtualbox makes use of a "virtualized" hardware layer which is not identical to the "bare metal" hardware you are talkin

Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Matthew Smith wrote: > Quoth Mathieu Malaterre at 2009-10-17 19:10... >>   I am trying to install a WinXP in my virtualbox from the backup DVD >> I made on my HP Pavilion just before installing Linux. Unfortunately >> quickly after booting fro, the 1st DVD it says

Re: virtualbox: Install from backup DVD HP Pavilion

2009-10-17 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Mathieu Malaterre at 2009-10-17 19:10... > I am trying to install a WinXP in my virtualbox from the backup DVD > I made on my HP Pavilion just before installing Linux. Unfortunately > quickly after booting fro, the 1st DVD it says: > > "Ce PC n'est pas pris en charge par les disques de réi