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This seems like a stupid question, I know, but can I take a DVD+R and use that as a .iso image DVD and then boot a program from the bios with it? If not, what type of CD do I need?
AFAIK, the type of medium the ISO file is on is irrelevant so long as it is a bootable ISO.
Not quite sure what you mean by boot a program from bios with it?
Do you mean boot an ISO image as if it was a physical dvd?
It's tricky but can be done with Grub2 http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/25/boot-an-iso-via-grub2/
edit - sorry misunderstood.
If you just want to make a physical DVD from an iso image then just right click on the iso and select "burn image" in Windows7. Or your DVD writing software probably has a burn ISO option.
Note this is different from copying an ISO onto a DVD - you need to burn it as an image so the format inside the iso is copied to the dvd as a whole
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I'm trying to install kali Linux on VMWare. But I click on iso file of kali Linux. Now when I open a file explorer I see that there is new DVD drive is shown with name "DVD Drive(F) Install Kali Linux" with space "0byte free of 379MB".
Now my question is that, does this new created DVD drive takes 379 MB of memory from my hard disk ? If yes then how should I delete this and recover this memory to my hard disk back. If not then where does this 379 MB of memory came from ?
Please tell the answer by keeping in mind I'm installing OS for the first time.
To clarify things 379MB is the size of your Kali Linux (netinstall) ISO file, you don't have to free memory or delete anything, you just need to unmount (or eject) the virtual DVD on Windows side. This "memory", as you said, came from that...
If you double-click on any *.iso file on Windows, this will "mount" that virtual DVD (not virtual as virtual machine I mean), but this is not absolutely needed to get your job done.
To install a new VM (Kali) on VMWare you should create a new virtual machine inside that environment and attach the ISO file, then create a virtual HD and boot your newly created VM from ISO to complete the installation process. Netinstall ISOs needs an active internet connection to download packages during install stage, no differences between physical and virtual machines for that. So make sure you provided that too. Bye.
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I just installed Virtual BOX to run linux labs. I am running into the issue, when I download Ubuntu or Kali .ISO or .OVA file extensions these files appear as if they were PDF files - so VM does not recognize them. Any suggestions towards correcting this scenario is appreciated.
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I am not sure about .ova files but you can try downloading the Ubuntu ISO file from here.
Also, are you correctly using the ISO file in Virtual box by going to the VM -> Settings -> Storage and then clicking on the disk icon besides controller, that should open the file explorer and give you the option to add the ISO file.
Sorry I can't use comments just yet, (which is where I think this should be) however, if you're using windows 10, there's Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL for short. Its extremely simple to install and may be able to accomplish your needs. Lots of great features if you have the latest dev build of windows 10 like reading ext4 filesystem's and making them available to windows.
As for the original issue, I'm not sure I 100% understand what you mean by opening them as PDFs, but it sounds like maybe its a matter of changing the default program for those file extensions in your windows settings. Have you tried right click->open with on the files in question ?
Had not seen the picture at first... Yes this is a default program issue. You can do as I suggested with right click, or go to settings->Apps->default Apps->choose default apps by file type
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I'm trying to create a "virtual monitor" in Windows (XP & newer). For example, let's say my desktop looks like this:
I want to add a monitor virtually so it looks like this without any change in hardware:
How do I do this? Do I add a virtual driver? Or trick Windows into thinking there is new hardware?
Well, once upon I was in same problem and someone reccomended to me to override EDID data.
The EDID (Extended display identification data) data structure have all the info of your graphic card and other video sources.
You can see a tutorial for how modify EDID here.
The tutorial only applies to Win 7, Win server 2008 and Win Vista...
I don't try the following because I'm a bit afraid of manipulating these data, but... if you're average in these stuff you could try ;)
If you prefer a hardware solution, perhaps DVI Detective may help you. In his website they claim that DVI "provides a virtual EDID". Also, this hardware protects the EDID data, so, there's lower risk to do very much damage...
Hope this helps :)
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I am considering upgrading my work computer to use windows 8 as the new file transferring feature seems very useful. Unfortunately after installing windows 8 on my home pc to test it out, the files are being transferred in separate dialogs as opposed to this image provided by microsoft.
As I am transferring files constantly a single transfer dialog would make things much less confusing. Does anyone know what settings to change to make file transfers appear in the same window?
To make file transfers appear in the same window you need to transfer files locally.
This is because a network connection can break out at anytime.
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I am working on a project that uses a filesystem and I'm having some problems integrating with Windows.
I need help understanding how the Windows file system works.
Which Windows? The file system used by DOS and Windows up to Win98 (if I am not mistaken) is FAT. It is still widely used e.g. by memory cards, digital cameras etc. Windows NT and later Windows versions however use NTFS.
You may start reading about FAT and NTFS on Wikipedia.
You probably mean NTFS. Then the best reference is http://www.ntfs.com/
A friend of mine started implementing a defragmenter based on that information and it appears to work properly. That means the info from that site seems reliable.