It was possible on Windows Vista, should be able to do it on XP. As I remmeber, I didn't take the default on where to locate the virtual disk, and defined it later, or took a default and deleted and redefined it later. It was a late night. All SATA drives as well. I had been thinking of dual boot and saw the virtualbox software and gave it a try. "most things work, and this is really a sandbox for learning solaris (so many os's so little time).
> Is it possible to install VBox into Windows XP on one > HDD and run OpenSolaris from VBox on a different HDD > rather than a partition on the Windows Disk. > > Or,alternatively would it be more logical to install > VBox onto the second HDD during the Windows Installer > procedure, selecting the second disk as the install > location. > > All SATAII HDD's. I'm a newbie but Vista looms and I > really can't get along with it - just far too much > clutter. > > ASRock AM2 FN6G-VSTA motherboard w/AMD Athlon 64x2 > 4600+ CPU, 2Gb RAM (up to 8Gb) home-built. > > Thanks This message posted from opensolaris.org
