How to use Linux and Windows simultaneously

How to use Linux and Windows simultaneously

One way to run more than one operating system on a single computer at the same time is to use a Virtual PC software from Microsoft. If we insert the Ubuntu CD and immediately start the Virtual Machine that we created, then the graphic display that appears will not look well.

Besides the mouse is also not working. After pacing around the internet, information about Ubuntu Linux that I was looking for instead I found on Microsoft\'s MSDN blog address at http://blogs.msdn.com/mikekol/archive/2007/08/06/making-ubuntu- 7-04-work. If you want to learn Linux but do not want to abandon Windows, or vice versa already familiar with Linux, but occasionally still need Windows, you can install the Linux and Windows at the same time on one computer. The term is a dual boot (or even triple boot).

The disadvantage, in this way if you want to switch from Windows to Linux or from Linux to Windows, you must restart your computer first. You can not run Windows and Linux simultaneously. Another way is to use virtual machine software. Examples of virtual machine software is Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware, Bochs, QEMU, VirtualBox Sun Microsystems, and so on. By running virtual machine software, you can get a new computer that will be virtual (not real computer).

The virtual computer is actually a program that is run on the original computer. This virtual computer you can fill with any operating system and may differ from the original computer. This is usually called a virtual computer with the guest while the original computer is called the host. It could be a host computer using Linux, and Windows computers guestnya use. Or vice versa. Or both are using Windows or Linux. Host computer with guest, both can run simultaneously. So with your virtual machine as if it could run multiple computers simultaneously (and with different operating systems can) even though physically you just wear one komputer.Hanya virtual machine just to use the computer you need a larger memory than using a dual system boot because the total available memory should be divided for each virtual computers that run.

The amount of memory needed depends on how many virtual computers are going to be running simultaneously. Now back to the problem I encountered when trying to install Linux Ubuntu 7.04 on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Hosts that using Windows XP. Microsoft Virtual PC installation is quite easy, just download the software from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.ms ..., then run to completion. The problem emerged when I tried to boot the virtual machine with Linux Ubuntu 7.04 CD. But after following the instructions in the http://blogs.msdn.com/mikekol/archive/2007/08/06/making-ubuntu-7-04-work ..., finally successfully installed Ubuntu 7.04 Linux well.

In brief, the steps undertaken are: * Installing software Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Virtual PC * Run * Create a new virtual machine * At the time of the first appearance of Ubuntu appears, press the F6 keyboard. Add i8042.noloop at the end of the line, and then press Enter. * After entering graphics mode, zoom still be a mess (not clear). To fix it: o Press CTRL-ALT-F1 to go to console mode. o Type sudo nano / etc/X11/xorg.conf and then press Enter. o Press CTRL-W, depth type and press Enter. Will be seen writing \"DefaultDepth 24\". Remove and replace the numbers 24 to 16. o Press CTRL-O, and then press Enter to save the file. o Press CTRL-X to exit the nano editor. o Press CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back to XWindows - got here is still a nice graphic display. o Press CTRL-ALT-Backspace to reload XWindows. Graphic display would be nice. * Once it\'s done installing Ubuntu to completion. * After installation is complete and the virtual machine is restarted, Ubuntu graphical display would be nice, but the mouse is still not working. In order to function, we must add the kernel parameter in RUB loader, by the way: o Go to the Ubuntu installation is the result. o Press CTRL-ALT-F1 to go to console mode. o Type sudo nano / boot / grub / menu.lst and then press Enter. o Press CTRL-W default options then type end and press Enter. o Locate the line that begins with kernel, and then at the end of the line add i8042.loop o Press CTRL-O, and then press Enter to save the file. o Press CTRL-X to exit the nano editor. o Type sudo reboot and press Enter to reboot the virtual machine.