On 5/4/08, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sat, 3 May 2008 12:48:30 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > >> I have a box which has WinXP dual-booting with Gentoo. I would like to > >> be able to have access to a clone of the existing WinXP installation, > >> from within Gentoo. The original WinXP partition should be left well > >> alone, as it is business critical. > > > > If you copy it to a VM, you are running it on different hardware. The MS > > profit-protection system will kick in, requiring you to reactivate it for > > the VM "hardware". > > > > > This isn't to say it can't be done. On the contrary: you can clone the > partition and boot it just fine, only you'll have (IIRC) three days to > reactivate it before it goes inactive. > > You say you'd like access to a clone from "within Gentoo" - is it > sufficient to be able to mount the existing partition read-only? Do you > really need the clone? > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > If i recall right you could boot windows with different "profiles", which would be just different hardware configurations, also i dont think corporate versions of windows says anything about the activation.
-- Akseli Ollikainen -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
