Virtualizing a running system

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 03/02/2009 02:22 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> I would like to be able to take an OEM version of Windows installed on=
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>> computer, back it up, install Linux with some virtualization manager, =

>> such as Virtualbox, KVM/QEMU, Xen ...
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> Here's another resource:
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> Run Your Windows Partition Without Rebooting
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/run-your-windows-partition-without-re=
booting
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> It's a video/screencast showing the steps for doing this with VMware.=20
> (It appears to be accessible to non-subscribers of Linux Journal.)
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This is interesting. A case where you have a native Windows partition=20
that can either be booted native or via VMWare Workstation.
BTW: Had one guy at the Installfest who had an old version of SuSE=20
running on VMWare Workstation. After removing that virtual machine, I=20
was unable to install SuSE 11, but I downloaded Virtualbox and was able=20
to install SuSE 11.0 in under an hour.

Virtualizatikon isn't a panaceia. For some reason, at the Virtualization =

deep Dive day I was able to pass USB into my Virtualbox version of=20
Windows, but not at the Installfest. Since I had it working at VDD, I=20
think it is just something in the VirtualBox configuration.

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