[ale] QEMU/Win4lin USB Support/Visual Studio .Net Support ...

[Martha Armour]

--- Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> John Wells wrote:
> 
> >Martha Armour said:
> >  
> >
> >>Dear ALE Colleagues,
> >>
> >>I would like to be able to run Windows XP
> Professional
> >>under either QEMU or Win4Lin Pro.  The main
> purpose is
> >>to be able to use Visual Studio .NET 2003;
> however, I
> >>have heard that there are problems with USB
> support,
> >>and I fear that Visual Studio might not work
> >>completely either.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I think you're really comparing apples to oranges
> there....USB support is
> >a hardware problem (and one that many emulators
> share), while VS .NET
> >support is a software problem.  Qemu will provide
> you with a fully
> >operating installation of Windows XP...minus
> working USB.
> >
> >I would be willing to bet you'll have no problem
> getting Visual Studio
> >.NET to work under Qemu, unless you try to use it
> with a usb drive :).
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >John
> >
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> >  
> >
> I've had a similar requirement.  What I did, was
> mount the usb drive/pen 
> in linux and shared it.  I then picked it up via
> samba/windows sharing.
> Works very well.  I don't think you will have any
> trouble running XP, 
> just know that you will have to register it,
> sometimes even when moving the
> install to a different machine.

Thank you for the suggestions, and I will give them a
try.  I am developing for a smartphone device that
uses the USB to connect by ActiveSync, so that is why
I asked about both Visual Studio .NET and USB support.
 

Martha 


		
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