From: ctcboater@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 5/20/2011 10:45 PM, Auric__ wrote:   
   > philo  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 05/20/2011 01:52 PM, Brian christiansen wrote:   
   >>> I don't know if this is the right group to post to, but here goes.   
   >>>   
   >>> I recently built a semi-tricked out computer (not really, it is the same   
   >>> components as is offered for a very basic computer by a local computer   
   >>> shop, but with selected components - memory and storage - increased as   
   >>> much as possible.) Then I installed Ubuntu.  In fact I am running Ubuntu   
   >>> and using pan newsreader right now.   
   >>>   
   >>> The ubuntu works just fine, and I like it fine, however, except for a few   
   >>> simple games (minesweeper, majong, aisleriot solitaire), most native linux   
   >>> games are not worth the disk space they take up, or at least I have not   
   >>> found any that are.   
   >>>   
   >>> To this end, I decided to partition off a small area (~40G) and install XP   
   >>> on it for these couple of games.  However, it is not properly recognizing   
   >>> the partions.  According to gparted (the ubuntu partiton editor), I have   
   >>> a ext4 partion on one drive with the the ubuntu OS on it,  a second ext4   
   >>> partion on a second drive with /home (equivalent of documents and   
   >>> settings) and an NTFS pation that currently has nothing on it.   
   >>>   
   >>    
      
   You might try installing Virtualbox or another VM and running XP within   
   that.  IIRC, they will allow Windows to be installed on any file system.   
   (First search around to make sure that your particular games can be run   
   on a virtual machine.)   
      
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