The feature to use a physical disk on VMware workstation has been there at least since version 5.0 and now it's 6.5.
I still can't see how it'll differ in terms of running additional hardware on the VM. On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > >Dante Lanznaster wrote: > >well... VM is nothing new... > > yeah, but that's the first time I've heard of running your windows > partition > In a VMplayer on linux. > this guy says what if you want to use some piece of hardware that doesn't > function on a virtual machine? Running your windows partition in VM's free > VMplayer will solve that problem. Also he says that in a VM you don't have > access to your files in your windows partition. Is that true? Sounds like a > > great motive to want to run your windows partition in linux. If you want to > > run something that won't run in linux, you don't have to reboot to run it. > > This is a hack where, he says, that you can set this up in VMware > Workstation 6 > 30 day trial version, and once you set it up, if you don't want to pay > $190.00 for > Workstation 6, you can remove it from you computer, and play the VM setup > to > play your Windows partition on linux in VMware's free VMplayer. > > but then, you've prolly been doing that for years. Right? > > :~P > > VMwareworkstation > VMware's free VMplayer > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/run-your-windows-partition-without-rebooting > ------------------------------ > Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the "I'm a PC" Messenger > themepack now. Download now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > ------------------------------ > Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the "I'm a PC" Messenger > themepack now. Download now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
