Can you play games in mini xp?

[jonboy79]

As above, you know you can download mini windows xp, but then can you add the drivers to it to turn it into a gaming os, as just switched to linux and still getting my head around wine.??

 

[pyro226]

Reading over the limitations of MiniXP, I'm pretty sure installing games is above the average person's skill level.
"Although MiniXP is based on Windows XP, many application installers do not (yet) work. To add applications you will therefore need to trace the application dependencies manually - both file dependencies and registry settings." and the fact that USB keyboard and mouse do not work also is a limiting factor.
http://minixp.reboot.pro/docs/files/issues.htm

Wine isn't too bad. There is also Play on Linux that helps you to install common games and it uses wine. The other option is just to partition your hard drive, install full XP (or nLite, a way to cut down XP, but it's advanced), then fix Grub to boot both XP and Ubuntu. Running in native Widnows is gives faster performance when playing modern games.

 

[jonboy79]

Doh i solved it.

But in wine you have to select the files you want to play call of duty with, so wouldn't this be the same?

Weird i use my usb mouse and keyboard on the bootable hirens cd, and they work well.

 

[pyro226]

Doh i solved it.

But in wine you have to select the files you want to play call of duty with, so wouldn't this be the same?

Weird i use my usb mouse and keyboard on the bootable hirens cd, and they work well.

Play on Linux is a front-end to wine. It does change a few things and I think it helps to automate the install process if the game has other windows dependencies. I'm not sure what you mean with "select the files you want to play call of duty with". Is that referring to configuring wine to use Microsoft Windows libraries? I haven't had to use widnows DLLs. Main reason I say it is slower is because Starcraft 2 was stutterning like crazy on an i5 and a Radeon 6850 which play it excellently in Windows 7.
http://wiki.winehq.org/PlayOnLinux

Hiren's Boot CD is based on the Preinstallation Environment of Windows XP. I thought you were referring to the other Mini XP project (the first hit on google) which does not support USB and tries to cut out of all unnecessary parts out of windows. If you install anything to a boot of a live CD, it will likely disappear once you reboot the computer. Even if you do get it working, graphics drivers won't be as good as the ones you have with a full Windows install.

 

[jonboy79]

Doh i solved it.

But in wine you have to select the files you want to play call of duty with, so wouldn't this be the same?

Weird i use my usb mouse and keyboard on the bootable hirens cd, and they work well.

Play on Linux is a front-end to wine. It does change a few things and I think it helps to automate the install process if the game has other windows dependencies. I'm not sure what you mean with "select the files you want to play call of duty with". Is that referring to configuring wine to use Microsoft Windows libraries? I haven't had to use widnows DLLs. Main reason I say it is slower is because Starcraft 2 was stutterning like crazy on an i5 and a Radeon 6850 which play it excellently in Windows 7.
http://wiki.winehq.org/PlayOnLinux

Hiren's Boot CD is based on the Preinstallation Environment of Windows XP. I thought you were referring to the other Mini XP project (the first hit on google) which does not support USB and tries to cut out of all unnecessary parts out of windows. If you install anything to a boot of a live CD, it will likely disappear once you reboot the computer. Even if you do get it working, graphics drivers won't be as good as the ones you have with a full Windows install.

Yeah kind of, was on about configuring wine, as needed a few files to get closer to playing call of duty.
Could i not take the version of off the boot cd and install it as a primary or secondary os?

 

[pyro226]

The CD doesn't have the option to install it. It isn't designed to be a full operating system, so features may be missing.

I was able to find these on google. No idea if either of these work. The first link is more recent, but still old (from 2012)
http://reboot.pro/topic/16528-tutorial-for-using-hiren-boot-cd-151-iso-on-usb-or-hdd/
thinkweird.info/?p=1688

Personally, I would stick with nlite or vlite (custom trimmed versions of XP and Vista where you choose what features you want) because they would have better documentation and a more standard operating system than trying to install what is designed to be a boot cd.

 

[jonboy79]

The CD doesn't have the option to install it. It isn't designed to be a full operating system, so features may be missing.

I was able to find these on google. No idea if either of these work. The first link is more recent, but still old (from 2012)
http://reboot.pro/topic/16528-tutorial-for-using-hiren-boot-cd-151-iso-on-usb-or-hdd/
thinkweird.info/?p=1688

Personally, I would stick with nlite or vlite (custom trimmed versions of XP and Vista where you choose what features you want) because they would have better documentation and a more standard operating system than trying to install what is designed to be a boot cd.

Cool just googled your lite thing, kind of wish i had seen this before after loosing windows on my hdd ( still got key) and then installing linux. Well had a quick look, seems like it is a lite version of windows, which sounds spot on. Is it wasy going down the root of reinstalling windows, (machine came with no disk) from just the key sticker? If i can?
Thanks for your help.
Regards jon

 

[pyro226]

In setting up the nLite image, you need to extract data from a Windows XP cd. You don't need an official win XP CD, if you can find a good download for the disk iso, it will still work. You do need to use the key from the sticker and it works.

After re-installing XP, you will need to either reconfigure GRUB by using the Ubuntu Live CD or reinstall Ubuntu. Configuring GRUB isn't difficult, but Ubuntu installs so fast, reinstalling is an option if you haven't configured Ubuntu much and won't lose important files.