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    Virtual XP running on top of Linux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by JRisHere, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. JRisHere

    JRisHere Newbie

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    Hi mates,

    There a situation causing me to have some doubt.

    I having a virtual xp(licensed) running on to of redhat linux. Everytime i do a cold reboot, the next system startup become very slow and the hard disk seen to be busy. Any idea what might cause this issue.

    Thanks in Advance
     
    JRisHere, Oct 13, 2009
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    How do you do the hard reboot? Do you shut down or save the state of the virtual machine before you do the reboot?
     
    Pitabred, Oct 13, 2009
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  3. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    As Pitabred mentioned, you might want to make sure you shut down Virtual XP when you're done, rather than just saving the state or hard rebooting Linux without shutting of the VM (it's not clear what exactly you mean). Also, how much memory do you have alloted to XP?

    Cheers... :cool:
     
    pixelot, Oct 13, 2009
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  4. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    curious....using VB 3.08 PUEL edition from Sun Website? What they said, forget snapshots, treat it like a regular XP install, sync out to an external for backups, etc.
     
    theZoid, Oct 13, 2009
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