multi booting

[magnets]

Originally Posted by yash101

What software do you use for virtualization? I would like to use virtualization instead, but don't know where to start!

I use virtualbox and it works really well. When our team's programming laptop broke, I used my linux laptop that was running windows xp in a virtual machine to run the robot.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by magnets

I use virtualbox and it works really well. When our team's programming laptop broke, I used my linux laptop that was running windows xp in a virtual machine to run the robot.

This is a side track from the original point of this topic, so if it is going to be about virtual machine software we should probably make a new topic for that.

Oracle VirtualBox works great but be aware the keyboard in the virtual machine is a little messed up in the last few versions. It does not always have a noticable effect but the inter-character timing is not quite correct. Resulting in some seemingly random behavior.

[yash101]

Ok. I thought by virtualization, you meant that you switch OSes by using a command or something. There could be some sort of host OS that requires a few MB of RAM, and barely any CPU. The RAM could be rationed and divided, or maybe even dynamic (One OS requires more RAM than other, so the one requiring more get's more)!

I use virtualbox. However, I haven't been able to boot Ubuntu on Virtualbox. My Processor is an i3-2367, so it isn't ideal for virtualization (lowest end processor that Intel manufactures, except celerons). My BIOS says that it supports virtualization. However, I am only able to boot 32-bit Debian! I should be able to install 64-bit Debian. I want to install Ubuntu, however, it always says that I have an i686 processor, so I am using the wrong kernel! What do I do?

[Ether]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

This is a side track from the original point of this topic, so if it is going to be about virtual machine software we should probably make a new topic for that.

Thank you. Please do that.

[Scott L.]

Originally Posted by yash101

What software do you use for virtualization? I would like to use virtualization instead, but don't know where to start!

I use Hyper-V (part of server 2008), and VMware.

[yash101]

I used to use Hyper-V, but I downgraded from 8 Pro to 7 Home. It useed to work well, but Windows 8 just got my nerve because I don't have a touch screen

[Ether]

Back on topic:

Fellow GRUBbers,

Came across something interesting last night.

sda1 (hd0,0) is FAT16 MSDOS bootable partition flagged as active in the MBR.

sda4 (hd0,3) is FAT16 FreeDOS bootable partition

when I execute these GRUB commands:

rootnoverify (hd0,3)
chainloader +1

... The FreeDOS kernel (KERNEL.SYS) is loaded from (hd0,3), but then the MSDOS shell command.com in (hd0,0) is run.

Anybody know why?

[Ether]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html

I use that when I need features that a BIOS lacks like booting from USB.

I just tried the above this morning.

Impressive!

Installation was flawless, and I got an old junker Gateway Solo 9550 laptop with no BIOS support for booting USB to successfully boot the collection of bootable USBs in my PC Repair toolkit.

The whole thing fits in the MBR, plus the unused sectors following the MPB and before the first sector of the first partition.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Ether

I just tried the above this morning.

Impressive!

Installation was flawless, and I got an old junker Gateway Solo 9550 laptop with no BIOS support for booting USB to successfully boot the collection of bootable USBs in my PC Repair toolkit.

The whole thing fits in the MBR, plus the unused sectors following the MPB and before the first sector of the first partition.

Glad you like it.

Here are some more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders

Not to topic jack but Yash101's comment about the Metro Windows 8/8.1 interface, try this:
http://www.classicshell.net/

It works *really* well considering it's a 3rd party product.
It's basically free to use.
The only real issue I've had is if it's installed during the Windows 8 to 8.1 upgrade from the Microsoft's App store.
Uninstall ClassicShell first then reinstall after the upgrade.

(Gotta love installing a 3rd party GUI shell patch to get your OS to work the way you were previously forced by Microsoft to use it . Gotta love the Windows 2012 command line only interface. Starting to think Microsoft is secretly embracing Linux. Hmm suddenly have access issues with my MSDN access...uh oh )

[Ether]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Here are some more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders

Yes, I know how to use Wikipedia. I'm looking for feedback from CD community on personal experience with multi-boot solutions.

try this:
http://www.classicshell.net/

Thanks, but I prefer not to derail this thread with shells and virtual environments. Focus is on multi-boot.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Ether

Thanks, but I prefer not to derail this thread with shells and virtual environments. Focus is on multi-boot.

I agree so I have created a new topic to help out:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=122973