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Quoting 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 > The responses thus far have been great for my inquiry. I am not at all dismissing the option of VMWare. From my experience, I've had to freshly install an OS within VMWare's virtual computer. I've never used it to produce a VM of an existing OS under the parent OS. But remember, XP is configured for my existing hardware. If VMWare can simply act as a bridge to bring the XP install as a VM within RH, then it may be the answer. Can it? I'll also double-check VMWAre's web site for more details. Thanks. Scott
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