I just installed Windows XP Professional under KVM. I put the installation CD in the CD drive. This is very much like installing Windows XP on any other machine. Pop the CD in and go! Once I set up the virtual machine for Windows XP, the installer on the CD started right up and installed it. I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) provide a valid product key code to the Microsoft activation server. The installation CD is from Dell, I just bought a new laptop with a Dell "Windows XP downgrade" and I need to ask Dell's support people how I'm supposed to provide a valid product key for this. It may be that I have to install Windows Vista first (because I have a Vista CD and product key too) and then downgrade to XP, I don't know quite yet. So what I'm saying is, you need the installation CD for Windows XP or you need a network installation point for Windows XP which is set up the way Microsoft says it should be. I don't think you can just point to an Windows XP partition and install from that. Of course, I've never tried it; I've always been mesmerized by the need for a product key and that usually means an associated installation CD because some utilities found on the CD are not installed by default. The final point is -- since you are setting up a second machine with Windows XP -- you need a product key for it meaning a proper license for it. That is how Microsoft works, and they go to great lengths to enforce the you-must-pay-for-Windows-it-is-not-free mindset. Now hopefully, I can figure out how to activate my Windows XP. Bob Hal Meyer wrote: > I have FC10 and Windows dual booted on my PC and would like to > virtualize XP with KVM. > > I want to be able to both boot to XP and also virtualize it in FC10 > (obviously not at the same time). > > When I try to install a new virtual machine the process wants to install > XP from the CD. Is there a way to just point to the XP partition on the > disk? > > Vmware workstation claims to be able to do this but there seem to be > other issues with vmware and FC10. > > Thanks, > Hal > > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
