I read a post about installing MS Vista, using the free MS Virtual PC 2007 (download links attached), without having a DVD, and figured it would be possible to do the same thing with Ubuntu Fiesty Herd-5. But alas, it is not possible, unless you find a prebuild .vcm file somewhere.
But it is possible with VMware and their prebuild operating systems, some of them, which you can download for free is available here.
Furthermore I was able to get vmwareplayer installed on my Ubuntu Fiesty installation, although I had some minor issues. Like not being able to start the damn thing from the menu.
First I had to do the "mumbo jumbo lingo" to get it up and running.
I did this:
1. Go to /usr/bin
2. sudo ./vmware-config-network.pl (might not be necessary)
3. sudo ./vmplayer
3. download some free vmware prebuild OS.
I chose a reactOS, which is a free ground-up implementation of a compatible Microsoft Windows® XP operating system.
That's what I need for my daughter, she needs to play some Windoze games, and this might actually be a way to do it, from within Ubuntu.
OR you could just use your Windoze install cd and use this little howto
I know it's for windows, but it works equally well on my Ubuntu.
Be sure to download his empty VMware virtual disk files, and extract the one you like, it will give you a virtual partition in the vmware system, to install the OS.
Download 32-bit Virtual PC 2007
Download 64-bit Virtual PC 2007
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