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