virtual drives

[kostonbleeds]

i was wondering if you can install an os, like linux, onto a second partition via a virtual drive instead of booting by disk.

i ask because i dont have enough disks to burn linux at the moment and dont want to buy any lol, my bros harddrive needs and os and i have linux .iso on mine and was wondering if i could install it this way

 

[PaperPlunger]

As far as I know this is impossible. Programs like Daemon tools are run in os's, and you can't boot your computer using a virtual drive that no longer exists. You can mount it, but some linux distributions, like ubuntu, will just open an informative window, basically saying, boot your computer to this disk.

 

[Juice1]

Yes you can, just google partition hard drive and partition your HDD. Then put linux on the partition, and set the boot order in the bios.

 

[PaperPlunger]

Yes you can, just google partition hard drive and partition your HDD. Then put linux on the partition, and set the boot order in the bios.

Learn something new everyday

 

[kostonbleeds]

so do i delete the partition on it? and format it or leave it blank then copy the linux to the hdd and just boot from that hdd?

 

[blackjack]

Read this it should help you, http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/02/24/microsoft-virtual-pc-2007-follow-up-review/