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Old 03-05-2008, 08:43 AM   #1
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Unhappy Problem with a DVD


Hello,

I'm training for the GMAT, I bought a few books with DVDs, however the DVDs only work in Windows. There are no GMAT DVDs for other OSes. How can I do? :'(
 
Old 03-05-2008, 10:07 AM   #2
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Use xen or vmware or ????? and setup a virtual Windows system.
 
Old 03-05-2008, 10:10 AM   #3
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Thanks, Lenard, I know you, you helped me a great deal on the Centos forum
Will try the virtual solution you mentioned. WINE won't work, right?
 
Old 03-05-2008, 10:43 AM   #4
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Do not know as I have never used wine. I have used VMWare and VirtualBox both will work just fine. Virtual box can be configured to have a 'dual desktop' and VMware-server is free(register for serial number) for download also;

http://www.virtualbox.org/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unite...ck-78535.shtml
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
 
Old 03-05-2008, 11:28 AM   #5
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First, what is on the disk can you describe the contents ? Are there a bunch of *.exe files ? Or an index.html ? Is it browser based, flash based, just a window$ program ?
 
Old 03-05-2008, 02:26 PM   #6
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Looks to be a Windows application based on the PDF;
http://www.mba.com/NR/rdonlyres/5664..._PDF_Final.pdf
 
  


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