On Thursday 30 August 2007 10:57:47 Tony Whitmore wrote:
> I don't know of any virtualisation software than can boot a Windows
> partition that is also used to boot from directly.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246371-highlight-ntfs vmware.html
> It may be possible if
> your hardware is very close to that offered within the virtual environment,
> but I've never seen this work. You will almost certainly need to create a
> dedicated Windows installation for use within your virtualised environment.
> Additionally, using USB periperhals with virtualisation software can be
> difficult, which might cause problems with your scanner, printer and other
> hardware.
In VMWare server, you simply attach the USB device to the hosted
environment by selecting it from a menu. Easy (it works with USB
dongles for licensed software at any rate).
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