On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Neel Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip> > I also have Windows 7 installed as a dual boot OS along with Ubuntu mainly > for playing games as most games do not work with Virtualbox (or are > difficult to configure). So, I was hoping that if I could use the windows 7 > OS using Virtualbox too, then I could do away with Windows XP virtualbox and > work with just 1 windows installation. Then I can play games by booting into > Windows 7 OS and also work with the softwares that I need using windows 7 in > virtualbox. > > I hope things are more clear than before. I tried googling but could not > find a proper link for this. > Thanks and Regards, > Neel Mehta > Fourth year Undergraduate student, > Electrical Engineering, > IIT Bombay > Try this url for starters: http://blarts.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/how-to-run-virtualbox-using-a-physical-partition-using-ubuntu-feisty-fawn/ Be sure to read the comments at the bottom for tips/tricks, and problems others encountered in the process. Its not supported, but it works. The only issue I would caution you on is hardware drivers. When you boot with VBox into your Win physical partition it will install the hardware emulated by VBox. You likely will have to re-register windows because of all the hardware changes, and then when you reboot and are back to your physical hardware. I've done this with Linux, but never Windows. I think you should consider dual booting windows and linux on the bare metal, and using VBox to access the physical partitions for Linux. However, as the comments in this thread note, that's not easy either. Have a read and see if you think its worth it. Google for "using physical partition in virtualbox" and that should give you plenty of reading material. HTH, Rance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
