RHEL and Windows simultaneously?

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (nmeyers at javalinux.net)]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:39:05AM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> I currently have my system booting Windows XP installed on a 40 Gig IDE 
> drive.  I'm going to add an 80 Gig IDE drive to the system, and plan to 
> RHEL on it.   I'd ultimately like to make RH the primary OS and be able to 
> boot the existing installation of XP in a window within RH (not 
> dual-boot).
> 
> I presume there is a program within RH or the Linux world to permit this?
> 
> I initially thought of VMWare, but that is a self-contained 
> software computer.

Not sure I understand why you're excluding VMWare - what you're describing
is exactly what VMWare does. I'm not positive, but VMWare may be the
only one of the bunch that will run an OS installed on a partition,
without requiring you to create a virtual drive on the host system's
filesystem.

Nathan

> 
> What are my options?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
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