USB Virtual Machine Emulation Category
Boot a USB Flash Drive in VirtualBox
Here, we show you how we booted from a USB Flash Drive in VirtualBox. This process will allow you to run your Portable Linux from the USB Flash Drive or external hard drive while still running from Windows. By default VirtualBox does not support USB Boot. However this is easily attainable by mapping a virtual machine to the USB Drive.
Using a Portable VirtualBox to run Linux from USB
Portable VirtualBox is a Portable Wrapper for VirtualBox that was created by Micha (michaelm_007). VirtualBox, a product of Sun Microsystems, is an emulator or virtual machine that can be used to run various Operating Systems via Disk Images, ISO's and CD/DVD's as a guest OS from within another Host Operating Environment. By using Micha's Portable Wrapper, VirtualBox can be run entirely from a USB device.
Run Damn Small Linux in Windows
The following tutorial explains how we were able to Run Damn Small Linux in Windows using Qemu Emulation technology. Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a tiny Linux Operating System created by John Andrews that is based on a Knoppix 2.4 Kernel. The advantage of DSL is that it runs well on older and slower computers and will fit on even a 64MB USB Flash Drive or other portable device.
Boot and Run Pendrivelinux 2009 in Windows
Pendrivelinux 2009 is a minimal remix based on Debian GNU/Linux. Pendrivelinux 2009 utilizes the KDE Kicker Panel along with coLinux (a port of the Linux Kernel) to allow Pendrivelinux 2009 to run within Windows as a Windows application. Once Pendrivelinux 2009 is launched, a Kicker Panel appears at the top of your Windows desktop. The KDE Kicker Panel provides a means to access and control Pendrivelinux. The rest of your Windows Operating System and desktop environment remain intact. Pendrivelinux 2009 will attempt to auto mount C: drive during startup for local access and sharing.
CoLinux Portable Ubuntu for Windows
Portable Ubuntu for Windows (Pubuntu) is a project headed by Claudio Cacsar Sa¡nchez Tejeda that uses CoLinux (Cooperative Linux) to enable a user to run Ubuntu on top of Windows. CoLinux, a port of the Linux Kernel, is an open source virtual machine that works much like Qemu (some claim it is faster). Ubuntu is a fork of Debian, and a product of Canonical Ltd. In the following tutorial, we will show you how to install and run CoLinux Portable Ubuntu from a USB flash drive or other portable device, all while your still up and running in Windows.
Qemu and Ubuntu 8.04.3 with a shared folder
In the following tutorial we show you how to use Qemu to run Ubuntu 8.04.3 from a flash drive, within Windows without rebooting. In addition, you will be able to mount the shared folder on the flash drive and use it between Windows and Ubuntu to share files between the two operating systems. Please note that you should only access the files in the shared folder with one operating system at a time. The running Ubuntu 8.04.3 OS will function like the Live CD. The persistence option is not being utilized.
Run MCNLive from Windows
The following tutorial explains how to run MCNLive from within a running Windows XP or Vista operating environment without rebooting. This is accomplished by using Qemu virtual machine emulation software. MCNLive can be run from a folder on your Windows PC or from a folder on your USB flash drive or other portable device. In addition, a loopfile is included within the changes.img. This image is mounted as an ext3 partition during persistent boot allowing you to save and restore changes made on subsequent boots. Note that the image will hold up to 244MB worth of data.
Easily Run gOS from Windows
The following tutorial enables the average computer user to run gOS Linux from within Windows without rebooting. gOS can be run from a folder on your Windows PC or from a folder on your USB flash drive or other portable device. Keep in mind that there is currently no persistence feature being utilized in this tutorial. The installation acts just like the Live CD and the gOS operating system is being emulated using Qemu, a virtual machine emulation software. Qemu emulation makes for a great and easy way to test out a Linux distro without modifying the host computers hardware.
Run Ubuntu 7.10 from Windows
This tutorial explains How To Run Ubuntu 7.10 from a portable USB device or from a folder within Windows. As noted before, the advantage to using Qemu hardware emulation as opposed to a native USB boot is that you can to plug your USB stick or portable hard drive into any available Windows PC and run a completely separate Linux operating system without rebooting the Windows Host PC. In addition, by utilizing the casper persistent feature, you can save your personal settings and changes back to the img located in the installation directory and then restore those saved settings on each boot.
Run Knoppix from Windows
The following tutorial covers the process of running Knoppix persistently from a portable USB flash drive using Qemu from a Windows 98, XP or Vista host PC without ever rebooting. Most of your personal settings and changes are automatically saved back to the stick and restored at boot via the Persistence image. This is accomplished using Qemu emulation software in conjunction with a persistent virtual hard disk image file for saving and restoring changes.
Creating a Portable Qemu Ubuntu Orca for the blind
The following tutorial covers the process of installing Qemu Ubuntu to a USB flash drive and then running Orca. This should allow a visually impaired (Blind) user to have access to Linux using any Windows computer. Accomplished by running Orca on Ubuntu Linux emulated via Qemu directly from the portable USB memory stick.
This idea is a work in progress and was originally inspired by Jim
Vaglia who is blind.
Run any Live Linux CD from within Windows
Normally, the tutorials featured here pertain to running Linux from a USB flash pen drive or other portable USB device. However, this tutorial explains how to run that Live Linux CD/DVD you might have sitting around from within Windows using Qemu Emulation. That's right, you can run a Live Linux CD using your CD/DVD drive from your windows desktop without rebooting. The advantages are two fold. You can run Linux on top of Windows from a CD or DVD without any installation to another storage media. In addition, this process eliminates the need to restart your PC and set your BIOS options to boot Linux from CD or USB.
Run SLAX from Windows
The following process enables you to bring SLAX, a small Slackware based Linux distribution created by Tomas Matejicek with you on a portable USB device and then proceed to run SLAX via Qemu emulation from a Windows 98, XP or Vista host PC without ever rebooting. In addition, your personal settings and changes are automatically saved back to the stick and restored at boot. This is accomplished using Qemu emulation software in conjunction with a pre-built image file for saving and restoring the changes.
Run Ubuntu 6.10 from Windows
The main advantage to using Qemu hardware emulation as opposed to a native USB boot is that it allows you to plug your USB stick or portable hard drive into any available PC and run a complete operating system without restarting. The additional advantage of using Ubuntu's persistent feature is that you can save your personal settings, files and changes back to the stick. Qemu and persistent Ubuntu 6.10 make for a nice and simple combination. In the following tutorial we explain how to make it all work together.
Using this tutorial, Ubuntu can be run from within Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP or Vista without ever rebooting. It runs from it's own directory either on a portable device or directly from an internal hard drive if you so choose.
Run Ubuntu in Windows from a USB Hard drive
The following tutorial explains how to easily run a "Full USB installation of Ubuntu" directly from a Windows PC without the need to reboot. Our example is run from a portable USB Hard drive that we can take with us anywhere. Through emulation, Ubuntu can be run from the portable device using a host Windows 98, NT, XP, 2000 or Vista computer to launch the emulator. This enables the user to run Ubuntu and Windows simultaneously. Were using Qemu hardware emulation software with the Kqemu accelerator to accomplish this.
Boot any Linux ISO from USB in Windows
The following tutorial explains how to use Qemu to boot any Linux ISO version from a portable USB flash device while still working within Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP and Vista. This Enables the user to have both systems running at the same time eliminating the need to restart the PC and set your BIOS options to boot Linux from USB.
Using VirtualBox to run Linux from within Windows
Making a Virtual Machine – Have you ever contemplated running Linux from within Windows via a simple virtual desktop environment? Here is a nice solution that allows you to do just that. Run a Linux ISO from within your native Windows operating environment. It's called VirtualBox, and it's fast! In the following tutorial, we explain the complete process of installing VirtualBox and running virtual Linux from within Windows.
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