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On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 18:38 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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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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sorry to jump in late, but can't you avoid all this hassle, and tell |
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VMware to use a virtual disk? That way Winblows XP would _think_ it has |
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the entire disk (mbr and all) but it is really just a file in some |
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directory in linux... |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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What ever happened to happily ever after? |
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