Currently is isn't safe to mount a real partition instead of a file as the main hard disk space. The reasoning is twofold: 1) plex86 could really screw-up your real hard disk if it messes up, and 2) plex86 needs a whole virtual hard disk drive--not just a filesystem. In other words, plex86 needs to find not just the partition with OS <blah> (could be OS X if it ran on Intel......damn ;-) just joking.....) on it--but plex86 also needs to find the MBR and all of the partition boot records. If you don't know how all of this works, then just make the damn big file--if you think I'm full of hot air you can try to mount a partition and watch it puke. It is your choice.
Martin Quinson wrote: > > 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. -- |^^^ | | |^^| |^^^ Drew Northup, N1XIM |^^| | |^^^ \ / /^^\ /^^~ |__ | | | | | |__| | |___ \/ |__| |__ | | | | | | www.plex86.org | | | /\ | | | \ ___| |__| |__| |___ web.syr.edu/~suoc/ | |___ |___ / \ \__/ \__/
