[TriLUG] Win7 & virtual machines

[Roy Vestal]

I did this a while back. One thing you can do is use the " c:\" 
partition as the boot disk for a VirtualBox VM. I haven't done it in a 
couple of years, but I know it can be done. Once you do that, create a 
second drive for the VM of equal or larger size and boot the VM from a 
linux boot iso. Then use the "dd" utility to copy the boot disk to the 
second. Once that is complete, remove (don't delete) the boot disk from 
the VM and boot from the new VM disk.

As for licensing, read the EULA. I believe it states any hardware 
(including virtual hardware) requires 1 license per OS installed.

-Roy

On 2/6/14 8:50 AM, M. R. wrote:
> I have Win7 and Ubuntu dual booting.
>
> I would like to have Win7 as a virtual machine within Ubuntu.
>
> Do I need to buy a separate Win7 (Professional) for each VM I want to 
> have it as a guest?
>
> Can I install it from the software partition (backup/source, not the 
> active "C:\" drive) that comes on the laptop in question?
>
> Thanks.