Alan wrote:
> I'd like to be able to install my existing OS into a VM after the fact.
> Outside of this proof of concept, can any of the existing VM products do
> that?
I've done that with VMware and Windows NT 4.0. Not recently, though.
I had a machine with WNT running natively. Made it dual-boot Linux.
Installed VMware. Set up VMware under Linux to boot the existing WNT
partition as a guest OS.
As I recall, it's part of VMware's normal config options to use an
existing disk (partition?) as the guest's root.
Is that what you were asking?
As for the claim that you wouldn't notice your machine had been
virtualized, that's patently false. VMware is way too slow and buggy
to not be noticed.
For example, VMware only supports one virtual NIC. If you used to
have a RealTek, and suddenly you have an AMD NIC, would you notice?
Also, graphics are slow and jerky on VMware. Xen is allegedly faster,
but I haven't used it. Does Xen support graphics?
I personally put this threat in the science fiction category, at least
for interactive machines with knowledgeable users.
Servers or AOL users? Quite possible.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
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