Err, I meant: I have linux on /dev/hda5 and Win on /dev/hda1. Can I use this Win in plex, or must I create a fake partition using createdisk.sh (or does this script do something I didn't understand ?) ?
If possible, I would like to avoid the loopback and bigbigbig file solution... Bye, Mt. On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 08:42:26AM -0500, Samuel Talmadge King wrote: > Hi Martin, > > There is a script that comes with the source called > "createdisk.sh". That will create a file and > load a master boot record at the beginning. This file > will become your hard disk. There are instructions in > createdisk.README on how to set it up. In your > configuration file, you pass to plex86 the location > and geometry of your new disk, and it works. There > is no need for re-partitioning. > > There are some images with pre-installed OSs that you > can use, but I installed my own guest os so I am not > sure how they work. > > Presumably you could install a guest OS using a file mounted > in loopback, but make sure that you delete (losetup -d /dev/loop0) > the loopback before starting plex86. > > --Sam > > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Martin Quinson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm sorry to ask such an obvious question, but I failed to find the answer > > in the documentation: > > > > Does plex86 work with a pre-installed OS on another partition, or do I have > > to install the guest OS in a file mounted in loopback ? > > > > Thanks, Mt.
