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On Sunday 04 May 2008, Akselii wrote: |
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> On 5/4/08, Tim <root@×××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > > If you copy it to a VM, you are running it on different hardware. The |
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> > > MS profit-protection system will kick in, requiring you to reactivate |
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> > > it for the VM "hardware". |
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> > This isn't to say it can't be done. On the contrary: you can clone the |
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> > partition and boot it just fine, only you'll have (IIRC) three days to |
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> > reactivate it before it goes inactive. |
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> > |
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> > You say you'd like access to a clone from "within Gentoo" - is it |
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> > sufficient to be able to mount the existing partition read-only? Do you |
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> > really need the clone? |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |
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> If i recall right you could boot windows with different "profiles", |
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> which would be just different hardware configurations, also i dont |
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> think corporate versions of windows says anything about the |
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> activation. |
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Thank you All, |
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I assumed (wrongly) that since it is the same physical hardware and the same |
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partition image it will not ask me to re-register it. The thing is that I do |
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not want to interfere at all with the original installation/partition, and |
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there are enough warnings on the Virtualbox manual to convince me that I |
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should not risk it (not with this installation anyway). |
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When you say it'll take three days for the registration to lock up, does this |
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mean that it will only kick in if I leave Virtualbox running for three days |
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continuously, or will it know/remember how long I have been running it since |
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the very first time I booted it up? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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