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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sat, 3 May 2008 12:48:30 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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>> I have a box which has WinXP dual-booting with Gentoo. I would like to |
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>> be able to have access to a clone of the existing WinXP installation, |
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>> from within Gentoo. The original WinXP partition should be left well |
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>> alone, as it is business critical. |
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> If you copy it to a VM, you are running it on different hardware. The MS |
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> profit-protection system will kick in, requiring you to reactivate it for |
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> 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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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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