On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 11:00 +0200, J.L. Coenders wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEnP8Y1mK/wi107tkRAsuvAJ0VATrCdORsRehAT7/LEbjczb7C0QCfXF2y > TVE8kEEauSLvFc9DhY2C8os= > =2i9U > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > 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
