Windows on Ubuntu USB stick
I achieved a sad geek triumph the other day - a wonderful heath robinson
arrangement that lets me run Ubuntu linux on my work machine with
minimal risk.
In brief - ubuntu boots from a 4g usb stick. /home and other bits are
stored in a folder on my (ntfs) hard disk. And I can run Windows, from
my original drive, under Vmware!
Or I can pull out my usb stick, and my system will run Windows
normally, with almost no visible changes from it’s original setup.
Needless to say, this was rather complex to get working!
(update - I tried sending this on Wednesday, but due to flickr issues it only got here today… and in the meantime, I’ve had an episode where Windows on booting decided to chkdsk my drive, and found some minor errors. I’m now a bit anxious about the above… but I’ll keep struggling on with it!)