Setting up a VM to run an F12 guest on an XP host

[john wendel]

On 11/29/2009 08:41 PM, William Witt wrote:
> On 11/29/2009 07:16 PM, john wendel wrote:
>> On 11/29/2009 01:35 PM, Alan Milnes wrote:
>>> 2009/11/28 john wendel<jwendel10 at comcast.net>:
>>>>
>>>> I know very little about Windows, so I'm seeking your advice.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to run F12 on an XP box (so I can get some work done), could
>>>> someone point me to the right software. The big problem is that I
>>>> don't have
>>>> admin privs on the XP box so I can't install anything. Is it even
>>>> possible?
>>>
>>> You don't install F12 from within XP so as long as you can boot from a
>>> CD/DVD this won't be an issue. Just boot from a F12 LiveCD and the
>>> installer should sort it all out for you - this is called "Dual Boot",
>>> each time the computer starts you have the choice to run F12 or
>>> Windows XP (one will be set as a default and you will have 10 seconds
>>> to make a decision when the screen comes up).
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, there is an intrusion detection system on the network
>> that keeps me from setting up a dual-boot system. If I boot the F12 live
>> cd, my network connection is disabled and the admins come and beat me
>> about the head. So I think running F12 in a VM is going to be the best I
>> can do.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>
> I may be coming out of left field on this, but if you are working in the
> kind of place that has intrusion detection on the network, (I'm a
> sysadmin on such a network), then you are probably better off talking to
> the sysadmins. If you really need it to do your job, there may be some
> approved virtualization tech that they are more than happy to install
> for you, or the security people will shoot it down. If it's the
> organization's hardware and network then they have every right to
> approve or deny the installation of software. If you really, truly, need
> to use it to do your job and they deny it, get the denial in writing so
> you can CYA.
>
> Where I work, if someone were caught installing software on the systems
> I administer like this, that person would probably loose their job and
> possibly their freedom for several years.
>
> Will
>

You're absolutely correct. I've already requested a VM install, maybe 
they'll get around to it in 6 months (that's how long it took to get the 
new PC). I was hoping to fly under the radar until then, but it doesn't 
look possible.

John