Previously I’ve showed you how I test and boot an ISO image without burning to CD or DVD. I use VirtualBox and to boot up the ISO image file in Windows, I need to go through 12 long steps.
Thankfully one of the commenter shared with all of us a very useful free software that is used to run LiveCD on Windows. It is very small in size, takes only 2 click to boot up the ISO file and don’t require any configuration at all. Can’t get any easier than this…
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called “Qemu”. MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer.
With MobaLiveCD, you don’t need to burn the ISO file to CD-Rom anymore. It is possible to easily open any ISO file with MobaLiveCD by associating the ISO extension. This program is portable and can run from any USB stick without installation. The interface is clear and easy to use (not confusing with hundreds of options). The best thing about MobaLiveCD is it is light and very small. The single executable file is only 1.43MB in size.
What’s new in MobaLiveCD v1.2:
* Qemu update (Qemu is the great emulation engine)
* The program name changes from “BuibuiLiveCD” to “MobaLiveCD”
* Added an uninstall option
* Changes in the “About” window
* Added a little help window for keyboard shortcuts
* Improved the “welcome” window
* some little bugs corrected
Here are a few shortcut keys that you should know of to help you navigate better between the emulated and real operating system. To interact with the emulated operating system, just click in the window. To get out of the emulated operating system and return to your common enviroment, just press Ctrl + Alt. You can also switch the emulated window to fullscreen mode by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F. To exit the fullscreen mode for the emulated window, just press Ctrl + Alt + F again. For some reason the fullscreen mode couldn’t work with Slax LiveCD. Whenever I press Ctrl + Alt + F, the Slax emulation closed immediately.
MobaLiveCD is very different from virtualization software such as VirtualBox. MobaLiveCD is meant for only booting up ISO file in Windows but VirtualBox can do much more than that such as installing another operating system and running it in virtual environment.
Thanks again Gerhard Hofmann for sharing this great software in the comment area.
[ Download MobaLiveCD v2.0 ]
Thankfully one of the commenter shared with all of us a very useful free software that is used to run LiveCD on Windows. It is very small in size, takes only 2 click to boot up the ISO file and don’t require any configuration at all. Can’t get any easier than this…
MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called “Qemu”. MobaLiveCD allows you to test your LiveCD with a single click : after downloading the ISO image file of your favorite LiveCD, you just have to start it in MobaLiveCD and here you are, without the need to burn a CD-Rom or to reboot your computer.
With MobaLiveCD, you don’t need to burn the ISO file to CD-Rom anymore. It is possible to easily open any ISO file with MobaLiveCD by associating the ISO extension. This program is portable and can run from any USB stick without installation. The interface is clear and easy to use (not confusing with hundreds of options). The best thing about MobaLiveCD is it is light and very small. The single executable file is only 1.43MB in size.
What’s new in MobaLiveCD v1.2:
* Qemu update (Qemu is the great emulation engine)
* The program name changes from “BuibuiLiveCD” to “MobaLiveCD”
* Added an uninstall option
* Changes in the “About” window
* Added a little help window for keyboard shortcuts
* Improved the “welcome” window
* some little bugs corrected
Here are a few shortcut keys that you should know of to help you navigate better between the emulated and real operating system. To interact with the emulated operating system, just click in the window. To get out of the emulated operating system and return to your common enviroment, just press Ctrl + Alt. You can also switch the emulated window to fullscreen mode by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F. To exit the fullscreen mode for the emulated window, just press Ctrl + Alt + F again. For some reason the fullscreen mode couldn’t work with Slax LiveCD. Whenever I press Ctrl + Alt + F, the Slax emulation closed immediately.
MobaLiveCD is very different from virtualization software such as VirtualBox. MobaLiveCD is meant for only booting up ISO file in Windows but VirtualBox can do much more than that such as installing another operating system and running it in virtual environment.
Thanks again Gerhard Hofmann for sharing this great software in the comment area.
[ Download MobaLiveCD v2.0 ]
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