I have dual booting Vista with Linux ubuntu and i want to do something but i have to have both open at once is it possible?
2007-05-19 09:38:39 · 6 answers · asked by master.flow 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
If you use VmWare you can boot both operating systems at the same time, but I dont think you will make anytype of connections between the two OS's.
2007-05-20 07:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes !!
You can do it !! You can have both operating system running at the same time on the same computer.
Try VMware ! You can install it either on windows or on linux. But once it's started you can boot both OS's at the same time and switch from one to another with a special combination of keystrokes.
You can even create a "virtual LAN" connecting the Linux to your Vista :)
2007-05-19 10:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by bokomoko 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With just a dual booting setup you can choose between operating systems, but not run both at once. The only way to run more than one os at once would be to use virtualization software. This software allows you to run two or more separtate os instances at the same time. It's generally used for fairly sophisticated server/development platforms and it's failry specialist. If it's really important you could try something like VMWare (www.vmware.com/products/ws/). They're well known, but I can't say I've ever used it.
2007-05-19 09:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by greigmcl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to use windows programs in Linux you can use an emulator like Wine (Short for Windows Emulator)
or you can use a Virtual Machine to run Windows on your Linux system like Win4Lin and VMware.
2007-05-19 09:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Freebrum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't run them both at once, unless you have one in a virtual machine of the other (google for Microsoft VirtualPC)
2007-05-19 09:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by maniacmartinuk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VMWare
2007-05-19 10:50:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋