Hunter,
A virtual machine (VM) is an entire virtual computer residing on the
'host' (meaning the real hardware and the real operating system).
The 'partition' you are referring to, on the other hand, is just a way
to split your hard drive in multiple independent file systems.
While it does not really make sense to compare a partition to a VM, you
are probably happy to hear that for setting up a VM there is no need for
partitioning your hard drive.
This now becomes quite off-topic, so I suggest you search the web for
good resources. I just made a quick search for "windows virtual box
tutorial ubuntu 12.04" and found this article, which could help you a lot:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox
Note that your requirements might drastically differ from the parameters
chosen in that tutorial. You might want to assign a larger amount of RAM
to the VM and that you also possibly need to either create a large
virtual hard disk or use a windows share via cifs from within the VM.
But all of this really is off-topic here..
Cheers,
JP
On 06/17/2013 04:33 PM, Hunter Brown wrote:
> Jason, A VM is different from a partition correct? I would prefer not to partition my hard drive. Do you have any recommendations for a good VM? I have done gnu first also.
>
> Thanks for your help! Keep me posted.
>
> -Hunter
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
>> Sent: Jun 14, 2013 6:49 PM
>> To: Hunter Brown <bassoongoon.earthlink.net>, AMBER Mailing List <amber.ambermd.org>
>> Subject: Re: [AMBER] Difficulty compiling amber12/ambertools13
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Hunter Brown <bassoongoon.earthlink.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, I am having difficulty compiling amber12 and ambertools 13. I am a
>>> windows user, so I am working via Cygwin.
>>>
>>> When I try to apply patches I get this message:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PatchingError: .patches/AmberTools13_Unapplied_Patches/update.4 failed to
>>> apply. No changes made from this patch
>>> Automatic patching failed! Check the errors before re-configuring
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When I try to skip the patches using './configure cygwin' I get this
>>> message:
>>>
>>
>> The correct configure command to use is:
>>
>> ./configure -cygwin gnu
>>
>> The gnu needs to come last.
>>
>> I'll look into why the updates are failing on Windows when I get a chance
>> (few developers use Windows anymore, so it's not necessarily widely tested).
>>
>> I think a VM on top of windows is probably a good idea (or you can set up
>> dual booting or do a Windows VM inside Linux -- the best option depends on
>> what you wind up using your computer for).
>>
>> All the best,
>> Jason
>>
>> --
>> Jason M. Swails
>> Quantum Theory Project,
>> University of Florida
>> Ph.D. Candidate
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