an entire physical disk or one/more of its partitions can be directly accessed by VMware. just make sure that the disk is unmounted/not in use, since vmware needs to lock that drive.
hth, marc --- Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I remember, vmware supports using physical > disk/partition in the > vm, doesn't it? Just "add a device" and choose a > physical disk. > > Not very sure, though. Maybe you can give it a try. > > Puqing > > > > > > > > > From: Edwin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:15:31 +0800 > > > > > Subject: [Slugnet] Accessing "Real" > Partition From Within VM > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > i have XP installed on VMWare Server on > Ubuntu. Is it possible to have > > > > > the XP access one of the real partitions > (formatted FAT32) as though it > > > > > is a drive within the virtual machine > itself? How? > > > > > > > > > > Happy 2008 in advance! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > > > Edwin > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Slugnet mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best Regards, > > > Puqing Chen > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Puqing Chen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Puqing Chen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
