Installing Linux software on windows 7
 

i have a question,

im trying to RUN a LINUX based software on my windows 7 computer. I changed the boot settings to run from my cdrom(the linux software is installed on). But do I actually need to have a linux operating system to run a linux based program or can I just boot up the software as is?

im new to this and im having a problem because it keeps giving me a error message saying

MOUNTING DEV/SDA1 FAILED ON /CDROM: DEVICE DOESNT EXIST???

Reported as duplicate of: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-issue-943441/

And also a duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-linux-943198/