[clug-talk] Self contained 'vmware' image run as application.

[Mark Carlson]

On 11/25/08, John Clarke <clarkej at cuug.ab.ca> wrote:
> simon at mungewell.org wrote:
>
> > A question for all those virtualisation experts:
> >
> > Is it possible to have a self contained Windows exe which contains a Linux
> > OS image, so that it can be run without having to install anything on the
> > Windows PC.
> >
> > Not specifically needing vmware product, others would be OK too...
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to demo a liveCD without having to reboot host
> machine.
> > Simon.
> >
>  Hi Simon,
>
>  I am interested VMs but am certainly no expert - I've used QEMU to boot DOS
> and run old apps. This Linux screensaver for Windows article caught my
> attention awhile ago; maybe it's what you had in mind?
>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-scrnsave/
>
>  I believe it works like this: a Linux LiveCD runs on QEMU that installs on
> Windows as a screensaver app.
>
>   John
>

I seem to recall seeing several tutorials on how to get Ubuntu running
in qemu on Windows, but I can not find any recent ones.

It seems pretty easy, and I thought I saw one or two that had the QEMU
images for download so you didn't have to go through the install
yourself.

Something like this would work if you have the time for it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-370791.html

-Mark C.