On Sunday 09 March 2003 04:40 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Because I didn't want lo lose my Linux setup, I created a Linux guest > booting from a "raw disk", in my case the partition where Mandrake was > installed. > > I am just reading the manual and it said that you can do the same using > VMware for Linux. From page 75, in the section Setting up a New Virtual > Machine on a Linux Host, you can read: > > "To use an existing operating system on a physical hard disk (a raw > disk), read Configuring a Dual-Boot Computer for Use with a Virtual > Machine on page 237. To install your guest operating system directly on > an existing IDE disk partition, read the reference note Installing an > Operating System onto a Raw Partition from a Virtual Machine on page > 265" > > Of course, if instead of using the raw disk method you select the > virtual disk one, then you need to have VMware running to access file in > Windows. > > Saludos
Thank you for clarifying Adolfo, I stand corrected. -- Greg
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