[ale] QEMU/Win4lin USB Support/Visual Studio .Net Support ...

[Calvin Harrigan]

John Wells wrote:

>Martha Armour said:
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>>Dear ALE Colleagues,
>>
>>I would like to be able to run Windows XP Professional
>>under either QEMU or Win4Lin Pro.  The main purpose is
>>to be able to use Visual Studio .NET 2003; however, I
>>have heard that there are problems with USB support,
>>and I fear that Visual Studio might not work
>>completely either.
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>I think you're really comparing apples to oranges there....USB support is
>a hardware problem (and one that many emulators share), while VS .NET
>support is a software problem.  Qemu will provide you with a fully
>operating installation of Windows XP...minus working USB.
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>I would be willing to bet you'll have no problem getting Visual Studio
>.NET to work under Qemu, unless you try to use it with a usb drive :).
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>John
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I've had a similar requirement.  What I did, was mount the usb drive/pen 
in linux and shared it.  I then picked it up via samba/windows sharing.
Works very well.  I don't think you will have any trouble running XP, 
just know that you will have to register it, sometimes even when moving the
install to a different machine.

Calvin...