Re: [SLUG] Windows VM on Linux

From: Todd Patton (sail@acpdata.com)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2007 - 15:13:41 EST


On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 13:53 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On 2/8/07, Robert Waldo <rjw6844@gmail.com> wrote:
> > VMware server is free and if you find the right link in the website (find
> > the "Register for your free serial number(s)") and get the serial number for
> > free. Look here:
> > http://www.vmware.com/download/server/open_source.html
>
> I guess I should have RTFM... Thx guys... Now I got the serial number in there
> and went off to start the thing and it starts GRUB, so I guess I have
> to start it
> up without starting at the grub level, now I am on some pretty interesting ice
> I guess. It looks like the VM is pointed at GRUB, guess I have to figure out
> how to point it at the loader for XP.
>
Yep, mine points to grub also, where as I choose Windows XP from the
grub menu.

Grub entry for my windoze XP

title Windoze XP
    chainloader (hd0,0)+1
        

Be forewarned again from my earlier post. Do not allow GRUB to attempt
to boot the Linux installation that you are already currently running.

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