Re: [tlug] Slow Cautious Migration from Windows to Linux (was Replacing text in multiple files - under Windows)

[Kyle Hasegawa <kylehase@example.com>]

There's also Wubi
http://wubi-installer.org/

It's like a dual boot Linux/Windows but doesn't require repartitioning 
the hard drive.  Instead it creates a file within the Windows filesystem 
and mouts that file as a Linux partition at boot.  Performance should be 
somewhere between dual boot and VM, probably closer to the dual boot 
side since it incurrs slight I/O overhead but less than a VM running a 
full host OS.

> Martin Killmann wrote:
>
>    
> > Maybe I should reserve some time next week, split the harddrive and get
> > a real OS on the damn thing... See you next week in a thread called "how
> > to get a Linux install below the radar of company IT"...
> >      
> Here are some options.
>
> 1. Use Windows version of GNU tools.
>
>     light and feeble: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/
>     heavy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin
>     http://www.okisoft.co.jp/esc/utf8-cygwin/
>
> 2. Dual Boot.
>
>     You can install Linux on the hard drive as you mention.
>     You can also install on an external USB hard drive.
>     Other compromises include booting live CDs or flash drives.
>
>     The drawback is that you can run only one OS at a time.
>     Switching between the them is slow and extremely annoying.
>
>     Better to run both OSs at the same time.
>
> 3. Install Linux as _application_ within Windows. (feeble VM)
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoLinux
>
>     The last time I looked, it was feeble and not well maintained.
>
> 4. Install Linux in a virtual machine within Windows.
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware
>
> 5. Install Windows in a virtual machine within Linux.
>
>     There are plenty of virtual machines to choose from.
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines
>
>     If possible, one would use the existing installation of
>     Windows within a virtual machine.
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> The big slow cautious migration I would do would be:
>
> 1. Split hard drive.
> 2. Install virtualization friendly Linux in new partition or _drive_.
> 3. Install Linux and Windows virtual machines within Linux within
>     that partition.
> 4. If possible, use _existing_ installation of Windows
>     in virtual machine within Linux.
>
> BTW, be careful about doing things "below the radar of company IT".
> Best keep your chain of command informed.
>
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