heh, i am also reading about the idea of wubi being installed/moved from its virtual volume to a real volume. but im not sure if i can do that as it requires being able to boot and run from its Linux operation On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Hey, if you can find that 'cookbook' could you let us know? that > sounds like a really cool thing.  How about that linux running on a > computer at the public library, eh? > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:26:02AM -0500, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >> I am not sure that I understand the problem, but I have successfully >> used a $70, 250GB USB HD to boot a M$ laptop on Linux, and then run >> the native WinXP or Win7 OS inside VirtualBox. >> >> I LOVE IT!!!   8) >> I can shutdown the laptop, pull the USB HD, boot the native Wincrap >> and there is no trace (other than the VirtualBox guest additions >> installation) left behind. >> >> I even have a cookbook to accomplish this. >> Somewhere...   :) >> ET >> >> >> >> >> Stephen writes: >> >> >I have a laptop at work that is horribly gimped with xp 32 bit. >> > >> >I can boot wubi but the drive is encrypted with mcafee endpoint encryption >> >so it cannot acess its disk volume past boot. >> > >> >So aside from an expensive ec ssd or an expensive thumb drive that's out. I >> >so have a ian hdd but it's weird and I can't boot from it. >> > >> >Im looking for options that I can ramdisk as I have 4gb of ram or get funky >> >useing the ian hdd for persistant data. >> > >> >I have not yet tried to use the ian hdd for the wubi file as its a slow >> >drive. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss