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On Sunday 23 December 2007, maxim wexler wrote: |
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> > I doubt that would work. The virtual machine |
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> > identifies itself as |
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> > different "hardware" from the host, so the MS |
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> > profit-protection would |
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> > kick in, claiming you were trying to run the same |
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> > copy of the OS on two |
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> > different computers. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Neil Bothwick |
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> |
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> Mebbe I'm confusing wine with vmware. I need to run a |
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> XP-specific CAD program. So, it has to be installed in |
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> XP and XP must be installed on the first partition of |
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> the HDD, right? |
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No, it can be installed wherever you want it to be installed, (but not sure if |
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you can install it directly on a second drive. The catch is that it will |
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want to be on the first drive, first partition, or otherwise will try to |
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write its bootloader files there. If the first drive is not |
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recognisable/writeable by XP it will have a hissy fit and will bail out. The |
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(easy) solution is to install it on the first drive and then use partimage to |
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create an image of it, which thereafter can be unloaded in whichever |
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partition/drive you desire. Use Grub to chainload it accordingly. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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