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Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited

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On Fri, 4 Nov 2016 01:29:29 -0000 (UTC), Jim Beard wrote:
>
>
> Next possibility:  Try to install Win10 under VirtualBox.  The first 
> question is whether I should try to install virtualbox and then use a 
> Win10 image available from Microsoft (about 4 GB, iso, which I have 
> downloaded) or try to install from my Win10 install usb drive (usbstick).

You need to use the KISS methodology. Use the downloaded iso. There is
no good reason to add in another layer of possible failure.


> In the first case, I start up virtualbox, tell it to create a new OS, and 
> point it to the iso image.  In the second case, I would start up 
> virtualbox, tell it to create a new OS, and point to to the usb drive.
>
> Would virtualbox then install from the usb drive?  Or do I need a magic 
> incantation to start things off?  How do I enter it, if I do?

One more time. Forget about a usb drive VirtualBox guest install.
Just select the downloaded iso.

Please at least glance through
  https://itsfoss.com/install-windows-10-virtualbox-linux/
before trying the w10 install.

> So far, I am leaning to using the Mageia virtual box packages and I think 
> I need the following mageia rpm packages:
> virtualbox-
> virtualbox-kernel-
> vboxadditions-kernel-
> virtualbox-guest-additions-
> plus virtualbox-extensions available only from the virtualbox website.

If you pick the virtualbox rpm it will drag the required kernels and
whatnot to create your first guest.

Do yourself a favor, install virtualbox rpm. Reboot, create your new
guest and pick your mageia5 iso and play around. Once that works, you
can download/install the extension pack, reboot, verify you know how
to enable the usb drive in the guest and see what happens when you
jack in the device.

At this point, you would know everything does work, and any problems
from this point forward will be self-induced, or quirks with the new
guest OS.



> Where should I put the new virtual Win10? I am inclined to put it in the 
> ext4 partition I intend to use for Mageia 6 for the moment, and then move 
> it elsewhere if it works.  I understand this is possible.  Correct?

Yes, but why screw around shuffling stuff around. Sit down, draw
pictures if needed, plan your disk usage, build desired partitions
then proceed.


> I am dithering as usual when I really do not know what I am doing, or 
> should be doing.  Any suggestions would be welcome.

A standard Mageia VB install will have you creating your Virtual guest
machines in your login account.

Not a good default as far as being able to backup $HOME.

I created a separate partition for all VM guest storage and pointed
$HOME/.VirtualBox at the storage partition.

$ ls -al $HOME/.VirtualBox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bittwister bittwister 11 Jul 31 18:12 /home/bittwister/.VirtualBox -> /vmguest

$ df -h /vmguest
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda9       357G  251G  102G  72% /vmguest

$ ls
CentOS_6.5_64     md2010_2             mga5_64            slack_4_02
debian_7_6_0_64   md2011_0             mga5_64_Clone      suse_42_2
del_me            md2011_0_64_install  mga6_64            test_iso
fedora_23_10_64   mga2_64              mga6_64_Clone      ubuntu_14_04
kubuntu_14_04_64  mga3_64              mga6_base          ubuntu_15_04
kubuntu_15_04     mga4_64              pcl64_kde_2013_04  win_7

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Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2016-11-04 01:29 +0000
  Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-11-03 19:51 -0700
    Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited dlbendigo  <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2016-11-04 16:07 +1100
      Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2016-11-04 15:21 +0000
    Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2016-11-04 14:11 +0000
      Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-11-04 07:28 -0700
  Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-11-04 04:57 +0000
    Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2016-11-04 15:45 +0000
  Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net> - 2016-11-05 18:46 +0000
    Re: Further Suggestions on Dual-Boot with Win10 solicited Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-11-05 20:25 +0000

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