Hi Mark, You should be able to run virtualbox on Linux and download a windows 7 .iso file to create the VM. The Windows machine will run without a license for at least 30 days. I won't be available to assist physically but can work over email if you have questions. There may also be an open source virtual disk converter similar to the vmware products have but I have not seen it yet. Tmartinez@iaia.edu Thank you, Toby Sent from VMware Boxer On Mar 9, 2018 2:14 PM, nmglug-request@lists.nmglug.org wrote: Send nmglug mailing list submissions to nmglug@lists.nmglug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to nmglug-request@lists.nmglug.org You can reach the person managing the list at nmglug-owner@lists.nmglug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of nmglug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. urgent need for a Toshiba laptop charger OR with win vm on GNU/Linux (Mark Galassi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:03:12 -0700 From: Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> To: NMGLUG org mailing list <nmglug@nmglug.org> Subject: [nmglug] urgent need for a Toshiba laptop charger OR with win vm on GNU/Linux Message-ID: <87k1ulalin.fsf@magicflute.galassi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Dear nmglugers, I urgently need a charger for a Toshiba laptop. Mine just died. The reason is that I am running a chess tournament this weekend. The tournament needs this particular laptop, which I inherited from the guy who used to run them. It runs "windows 7 home premium 32bit" and a piece of s/w called SwissSys which is required to submit tournaments, and which I have not been able to port with Wine. So I need to urgently do one of the following: * Find a charger that can handle 19V, 3.43 amperes, and has the right shape and polarity. * Find someone who has experience "lifting" a Windows installation into a VM to run on a GNU/Linux system. It would have to preserve the CPU id or whatever mechanism this s/w uses to node-lock. * Do a new installation of a Windows VM and get the new s/w on there - would have to happen very quickly on Friday morning, and might still fail. Has anyone ever installed Windows into a VM and can guide me through it? That is the solution for the medium term because I don't want to have a Windows laptop for chess tournaments. Anyone have ideas? ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org ------------------------------ End of nmglug Digest, Vol 171, Issue 5 **************************************