-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Austin wrote: > On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 11:00 +0200, J.L. Coenders wrote: > Dear all, > > Perhaps a bit OT, but I was wondering if there is a virtualisation > system available that lets you boot a dual-boot partition instead of a > virtual partition. > Say, I have a dual-boot system with Linux on /dev/hda1 and Windows XP on > /dev/hda2. > I boot the Linux partition and would like to run Windows from within > Linux. Is there a system which allows that? > It would be possible if the Windows partition is a virtual one, but that > way I can never boot Windows without Linux, if I would need high > performance. > > Just wondering... > > Regards, > Jeroen >> > http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ >>From VMware Workstation Manual - ws55_manual.pdf > "Many users install VMware Workstation on a dual-boot or multiple-boot > computer so they can run one or more of the existing operating systems > in a virtual machine. If you are doing this, you may want to use the > existing installation of an operating system rather than reinstall it in > a virtual machine." > Note: VMware Workstation supports booting from physical disk partitions > only on IDE drives. Booting guest operating systems from physical SCSI > drives is not supported. For a discussion of the issues on a Linux host, > see Configuring Dual- or > Multiple-Boot SCSI Systems to Run with VMware Workstation on a Linux > Host on page 257. > Setting up a physical disk configuration for a virtual machine is more > complicated than using a virtual disk. Virtual disks are recommended > unless you have a specific need to run directly from a physical disk or > partition." > Hope this helps > John Thanks, I didn't find this in the searches I made, but it is clear to me now. Unfortunate that there is no open source alternative yet. Regards, Jeroen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEnV1+1mK/wi107tkRAsx6AKC2RmC1R5OAldzJiFKj8o1+FNNT6ACfeA+a RO6ZXRt0+Pcp76zIoyDq1mg= =g3/u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
