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  • Hondaman
    Badcaps Legend
    • Sep 2008
    • 1061
    • USA
    #1

    Win7 Emulation in Linux

    If I install Win7 in VirtualBox or KVM, will Windows be tied to that exact hardware? Can I take the VM and move it to another machine at some point without having to re-activate Win7?

    I bought a replacement board identical to the one Win7 is licensed on. But of course it failed. I have two more identical boards in my basement. Running out of acceptable hardware will not happen for quite a few years, hopefully.

    But I am looking forward to that day when I cannot find any hardware, and I have to use emulation. Does anyone have experience with this?
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 30989
      • Albion
      #2
      wine works well,
      and most VM's let you create a virtual hardware setup.

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        • Hondaman
          Badcaps Legend
          • Sep 2008
          • 1061
          • USA
          #3
          Which emulators should I try? I have a couple of AMD 5350 test machines, how much RAM will I need? (I have plenty of DDR-3 1600 MHz lying around the house, and hardware that uses it.)

          I do have experience with Crossover, it works well with Office 97 and 2003, I should probably install it immediately.

          Also, I have a KVM switch. On the "other side" of the KVM I have an old i3-3245 system with Mythbuntu 12.10 (I used it to watch television with the HDHomeRun Dual back in the day). I never use it anymore, maybe I should scrap that machine. Maybe my "main" machine (I have two more motherboards I bought new) will now become the "backup" machine (like the i3-3245 used to be). My new "main" machine will be a nice new Ryzen machine like the one suggested in this thread: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/genera...-advice-needed.

          I have CDs of Win98 first AND second edition, maybe I could replace the i3-3245 machine with an AMD 5350 machine to "play around" with virtual machines. Could I tell the VM to pretend I have the same bridge chips (as an example) that my 32-bit single-core AMD Athlon 2900 has? This could be interesting.

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 30989
              • Albion
              #4
              start by going to wine-hq
              https://www.winehq.org/
              and installing the beta version.
              because it's faster than VM methods.

              also before you start, make sure your linux is setup for "MultiArch".
              that is the ability to run 32bit software on a 64bit system.
              because the sad joke is a lot of windoze stuff is still 32bit.


              as for VM's you need to research it, VMware was best but it's gone all cloud-shit thanks to broadcom

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