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[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
> The access problem refers to access rights for the physical partition(s) that
> vmware requires in order to boot a particular vm. For example, if you are
> trying to take an existing installation of some os that boots up as a grub
> option, then the physical partition and the grub holding partition must be
> available to vmware.
Well I neither don't like the idea of giving access to my /boot
partition to vmware. Thus i was thinking about creating a floppy image
with a modified grub and /boot files and thus boot vmware out of this
image with a full access to the windows partition only or make a floppy
image with just the windows xp bootloader ;)
> It can get pretty risky, as sometimes one opens up full
> access of a linucs partition to...windoze!!!!!
Depending on file system used. I use reiser and AFAIK the is no plugin
for windows to access that file system.
> Playing with the disk group
> and changing permissions of whole partitions requires a lot of thinking and a
> lot of care. Make sure you keep track of what you change, because chances are
> high that you will not want to really open up your system to windoze
> fickleness.
As said above I don't want vmware to have access to my separate /boot
partition. I hope I'm aware of the risks involved.
> Additionally, even if you bypass the access problems first by running vmware
> as root, you will most probably have problems with non scsi devices being
> called scsi, see a related thread about fake scsi drives and vmware in this
> list.
Well I installed the windows scsi drivers form vmware homepage under the
new profile in windows xp. As such my sata drives are working pretty
well. Btw, I can still boot windows natively with it's previously set
standard profile.
> good luck and please post your progress,
When i manage to create a floppy image I will post the result here. I
promise.
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All the best,
Peter J. N.
aedon DESIGNS, http://www.aedon.eu/
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