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On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 14:18 +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
> Thanks, Al. I just wondered how much room there would be. They appear
> normally to have very small meetings. (They call 14 a good attendance. ;-) )
>
Well the used to meet at their LUG Masters house, so I guess there's a
physical limit there :)
Now the meeting is at RedHat I guess there is more space, but having
never been there I can't confirm this.
> As a result of my enquiries into OU computer courses, I have ended up studying
> for LPIC in preference,
Ooo, I'm studying for that too! :)
> and my husband has enrolled for an OU German Course.
> (!) An integral part of the course is an interactive DVD. I want, if at all
> possible, to get this going under Linux. I was anticipating spending a few
> weeks trying on my own to run it under WINE or CrossoverOffice, and then
> bringing my husband's box to the January LUG meeting. I have never so far
> run anything under a Doze emulator, and was not expecting to succeed on my
> first try. But I meant to have a good try myself before bothering anyone
> else. :-(
>
We can but have a go. What is the host machine in question running at
the moment?
> In addition to emulators there are of course VMs like Parallel etc. But that
> would still mean loading XP. And is still likely to take me a while. I have
> so far never done that either,
>
Not necessarily XP, you could load something older and more lightweight
(if it's supported by the DVD) such as Win98 or Win2k.
> So, if the DVD arrives in time, I shall want to bring the whole thing,
> software, box etc., to the Guildford meeting. I think I can safely discount
> the possibility of my getting it going in a few hours. :-(
I'll gladly give you a hand. I use WINE and QEMU quite a bit.
Cheers,
Al.
