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<p>On 2020-05-01 17:27, Tony Fuller wrote:</p>
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<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">If you don't mind downloading a lot of unnecessary compiling tools, Microsoft has pre built image for virtual box, VMware and more at <a href="https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/</a> <br /><br /></div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The VM is license free but only good for 30/60 days, I can't remember which. <br /><br /></div>
<div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">I haven't dual booted windows in about 2 years for the exact reason Nigel mentioned -- it will remove grub and install its own bootloader (which doesn't normally see Linux last I checked)<br /><br /></div>
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<p>VmWare's is good indefinitely, I've already received several updates, going on a year or so.</p>
<p>And, especially, thanks for the heads-up regarding Win overwriting grub. I picked up a Win laptop at Christmas and figured I'd set it up for dual-boot at some point. Now not so sure.</p>
<p>Benton 1may20<br />--<br />NX7O<br /><a href="mailto:benton@siletzbay.com">benton@siletzbay.com</a><br /><br /></p>
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