VMware can use a physical disk, just create a virtual disk image, and pick the physical disk.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 13:29, Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:09:01PM -0500, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: >> Does anyone know of a way to make VMWare (or other VM software) run a >> Virtual Machine off a physical hard drive or partition rather than from a VM >> Image? > > In regards to the 'any other vm software'.. I think you can use kvm now with > qemu.. Last I checked, qemu can read/write to/from disk partitions with the > -hdX switch. > > I haven't used it in forever, but it might be worth your time to look deeper > into it. Or just wait for someone that's a vmware guru to come along ;) > > -Igneous > > > > -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
