Re: [FIXED -- kind of] Grub_IMAGE 'bad grub stage1 image' -- what is this telling me.

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On 01/12/2011 11:05 PM, Robert Nichols wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 07:57 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>
>> If you so seldom use WinXP you might consider trying KVM to set up a
>> virtual machine where you can load WinXP. There is a bug in F13 that
>> prevents the WinXP machine from booting up but I understand that this
>> has been fixed in F14.
> Wouldn't an OEM-licensed Windows XP installation throw a hissy fit when
> booted in the different environment of a VM?
>
Hey Robert,

What I meant was that you can do a clean install of WinXP in a new VM 
that you create using VM Manager. If you need to access files on the old 
HD then mount it some place i.e. /mnt/WinXP... then make that mount 
point accessible through the new VM. You can mount it like a D:/ drive 
on the new WinXP VM and then copy whatever files you want from it.

When I needed to access a special file from my WinXP VM I made a DOS 
disk image with the VM Manager then mounted it though loopback to place 
the file there and retrieve it after editing in WinXP. I then made the 
new disk image accessible as a D:/ drive to my WinXP VM. Worked slick.

Mark LaPierre
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