[nmglug] urgent need for a Toshiba laptop charger OR with win vm on GNU/Linux

[J. Marsden DeLapp]

On Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:03:12 -0700
Mark Galassi <mark at galassi.org> wrote:

> Dear nmglugers,
> 
> I urgently need a charger for a Toshiba laptop.  Mine just died.
...
> * 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?

I have a Toshiba laptop charger.

I also have installed Win XP and Win 7 in Virtual Box VMs running on 
Debian hosts.  That is actually very easy to do. 

Mars

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