Find out if you have a key on that dell you are setting up. and hat version it is. I have a an XP pro and XP home OEM install media for that generation of latitude. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > On 06/07/2012 09:52 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> >> I am refurbishing an old Dell Latitude D620 for my daughter. I am >> installing Ubuntu 12.0.4, and I would like to have Windows XP run in >> VirtualBox so she can access Itunes. I have several OEM Windows XP >> licenses from other Dell machines that I have converted completely to >> Linux, but I don't have any XP installation CDs. Dell won't send them to >> me. Does anyone have an XP installation CD I can borrow? >> >> If I am violating any laws with the request, please let me know. My >> simple minded view is that I have a valid license, just not the media, >> so borrowing the media for an installation should not be an issue. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> >> > First off, IANAL, and YMMV. > > TTBOMK, Windoze OEM licenses are good only on the machine they're issued > for. Your D620 probably has a license sticker on it though. You won't > however be able to install a retail version of XP using the OEM license key. > > Windoze licenses vary regarding virtualized machines. For example, Vista > Home Premium does not allow for running as a VM guest, while Vista Ultimate > does (on the same hardware). I know that XP Pro allows running as a VM guest > (on the same hardware), but I'm not sure about XP Home. Allowing for > something in the license doesn't necessarily mean that it won't work though > (I don't honestly know if it'd work or not). > > I would find a Dell XP installation disk, which will install on your D620 > w/out requiring activation. You might stop by AZStRUT some day to see if you > can use theirs on site. Once you have XP on the bare hardware, you can use > the P2V utility for VB to create the VM guest files. Then install Ubuntu and > VB on the bare hardware, and copy in the VM guest files you created earlier. > That's the best way I know of to get to where you want to be. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- 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