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On Thursday 31 January 2008, viv wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 17:29 -0500, george wrote: > > On Thursday 24 January 2008, viv wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 09:18 +0000, george wrote: > > > > I have just installed virtual Windows XP using VirtualBox and I > > > > thought my experience might be useful. > > > > > > Phew - I don't think that it was as hard as that for me (64bit > > > Kubuntu), or I would not have ever got it installed ! > > > > > > Viv > > > > A quick update on this. In the complicated VBox install on the 32 bit > > computer I screwed up the installation so that I had no sound and some > > very strange effects on the file system and elsewhere so I bit the bullet > > and re-installed Mepis. I kept my home directory and the re-install > > cured my problems. Doing the Virtual Box install was much easier a 2nd > > time (you don't need the linux-kernel-headers) following my own > > procedure. And I didn't have to re-install WinXP as that is installed in > > the home directory. > > > > I then ditched the real WinXP installation (I think I backed up all my > > files) and tried out PCLinuxOS on the resulting space. This too comes > > with Virtual Box on Synaptic (running with RPM packages) and it installed > > without a hitch, no manual intervention needed. Also I think the Control > > Center on PCLOS is brilliant, a very good distro all round. > > > > But I think I'll stick with Mepis. I prefer Debian to Red Hat and from > > release 7 Mepis is now tracking Debian itself rather than Ubuntu. > > > > But I may change my mind next week. > > > > George > > I am glad that you got it all sorted out. It sounds like your later > install was more like my experience. I last tried MEPIS when we got our > existing desktop (about April last year). I liked it but, felt at that > time that MEPIS 64bit was "unfinished" - some of the menu options didn't > work etc. Do you think it may be worth me trying it out again ? The latest version of Mepis for 64 bit is definitely a lot more polished and IMO better than the 32 bit. And the install of VBox is definitely easier on the 64. Also I now know that the PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva and that the Control Center that I like is from there. In fact, reading a review of Mandriva it looks quite interesting. I have a spare partion here somewhere......... George -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html