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On Mon, 5 May 2008 00:29:32 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > But it's not the same hardware, you are now running it on the VB |
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> > virtual hardware. |
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> Sure, but it's the same physical drive & IDE controller, no? |
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No. The gust OS sees only the virtual hardware presented by the VM. The |
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VM software handles the interface between the virtual hardware and what |
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is physically present on your machine. Remember that a VM acts as a |
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sandbox, nothing has direct access to the underlying hardware. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. |
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