How do I use windows in a Linux Terminal?

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Hey how do I use an installed windows xp, in a terminal?

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Start → run → enter cmd
or in the menu there is start → more apps → system → cmd prompt (something like that)

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The title throws me off… run windows (GUI by nature) in a Linux
(different OS) terminal (text-based by nature)? I think a bit more
information would go a long way here. You can start a VM of whatever
you would like from the command line (VMware Server or Xen or KVM/Qemu
all allow this if not others) and you can have a Linux shell in windows
(Google for ‘cygwin’) but otherwise I guess running a shell in windows
makes as much sense as anything.

Good luck.

swerdna wrote:
> Start → run → enter cmd
> or in the menu there is start → more apps → system → cmd prompt
> (something like that)
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I have a suspicion the OP has this idea that he can run his Windows (in a dual boot setup) inside Linux. Is that correct?

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On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 05:26 +0000, errigour wrote:
> Hey how do I use an installed windows xp, in a terminal?
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Are you wanting to boot your Windows XP that is located
on the same box (e.g. a dual boot scenario)?

If so, you can do this using VMware, but there are going
to be issues because the virtual machine is different
from the actual host machine and so the OS will reconfigure
itself, possibly resulting in some other problems
(not recommended).

You should be able to access files from your Windows
area… but I would not try to boot it up directly under
a virtual machine environment. Just too many issues
there.

With that said, with the simpler Windows environment like
Windows 95/98, I have successfully done this (booting the
actual disk under VMware).

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Or are you looking to use VNC or RDP to access the Windows desktop from a Linux terminal ??

More info needed!