From c2468d25d8aecda49ce7bb5dc93f6c0eda296902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:26:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Expand on virtualization. --- README.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 2c042da..312ed1f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ since that is almost always the way it is installed. .. _desktop version of Linux pre-installed: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPre-installed ----------------------------------------- -Virtual machine limitations and drivers. ----------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------- +Virtualization and driver limitations. +-------------------------------------- Similar to live booting, Linux is often run as a virtual machine, @@ -226,12 +226,27 @@ and consequently it is well-adapted to changes in hardware. An existing Linux partition on a physical hard drive can, with some care, be virtualized and run on another machine, -or even simply transferred to a USB enclosure and booted directly, -a `virtue which Windows does not share`_, -due both to `licensing and driver problems`_. +a virtue which Windows does not share. -.. _virtue which Windows does not share: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows -.. _licensing and driver problems: https://askubuntu.com/questions/174581/is-there-any-way-to-boot-windows-7-partition-in-virtual-machine + Windows installations, unlike Linux, cannot easily be moved from one + hardware to another. This is not just due to Microsoft's activation + mechanism but the fact that the installed kernel and drivers depend on the + actual hardware. + +https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows + + The problem lies with Windows, in that its driver settings, particularly + for storage devices, are not portable. Unless you modify the Windows + registry to force start storage drivers for both the physical and virtual + machines, you will mostly likely end up with a ``0x0000007B`` STOP blue + screen error each time which will require a restore or modifying the + registry to fix. + +https://askubuntu.com/questions/174581/is-there-any-way-to-boot-windows-7-partition-in-virtual-machine + +It's even possible to transfer a Linux install to a USB enclosure +and boot it directly on another machine of the same architecture, +although the kernel will lack proprietary drivers (e.g. some wifi cards). --------------------- Maximum path lengths.