Windows inside Linux box

amdawi · 04-04-2007, 03:06 PM

Hi ,

I want to run Windows system under Linux Box as linux application , Is there a solution for that ?

Thanks,

pljvaldez · 04-04-2007, 03:19 PM

Several. The one I like is the free VMWare Server. It's a virtual machine that lets you run any OS on another OS. You can also try open source virtual machines like QEMU.

mkirc · 04-07-2007, 10:38 AM

There is a new thing named VirtualBox,
its OpenSource and comes with good GUI !

caracalsef · 04-07-2007, 11:54 AM

Code:

caracal:/home/caracal # rpm -ivh VirtualBox-1.3.8_openSUSE102-2.i586.rpm
warning: waiting for exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
caracal:/home/caracal # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
caracal:/home/caracal #

what it means?

SlowCoder · 04-07-2007, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caracalsef

Code:

caracal:/home/caracal # rpm -ivh VirtualBox-1.3.8_openSUSE102-2.i586.rpm
warning: waiting for exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
caracal:/home/caracal # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
caracal:/home/caracal #

what it means?

I'd venture to guess you need to install it as root.