Somewhat off-topic, but I wonder if anyone managed to boot into Windows with VirtualBox while that Windows is actually a valid install on a multi-boot system. Elaboration: I have a triple boot system, one OS is Linux and another is Win 8.1. Sometimes I don't want to reboot into Windows (but sometimes I need to: for example if I need to use native resources like GPU). I tried configuring VirtualBox in a way, that the VM's image would point to the actual "real" Windows install, but I ran into trouble. The biggest problem is that the native hardware is totally different than the VM's emulated hardware, and that obviously throws off the Windows.
Looks like some people were successful on forums, but I didn't. I wonder if anyone tried that. Csaba On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote: > I know probably very simple, but somehow I'm not finding any instructions > online. > > In my case the VM only runs when I happen to need to run the VM (i.e. when > I have to do Windows programs) so there is no issue with doing this on a > running VM. > > I want to install an updated host OS (I think it would be best to install > rather than upgrade yet again), and keep the KVM virtual host. (Planning > to keep /home but probably wiping everything else.) > > I see the files in /home/kvm/images/win7/ > > I did a > virsh dumpxml win7 > win7.xml > to get the current xml for how it is set up. > > Is there anything else I need to do/save? How do I "get it back" after > installing the new Linux host OS? > > I know instructions must be out there, but I've looked for hours but I > haven't found anything specifically addressing this. > > Thanks! > Paul > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
