On 09/28/2010 06:21 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Another way to do it is very hairy, but might just work: > > <disk type='block'> > <source dev='/dev/sda'/> > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> > </disk> > > Of course now virtual Windows will see the host disk, so you'd need to > be extremely careful not to modify the partition table or the Linux > host partition from the guest (not to mention security concerns).
Way back when VMWare was still hosted at Cornell, I used to dual-boot Linux and Windows2000 this way. It involved setting up two hardware profiles and mucking about in boot.ini for boot profiles, or something to that effect. It actually worked, though. But that was before all the hardware-change activation nonsense too, so I don't know if/how hardware profiles are still available and how that would affect activation. Also, the big virus of the day was ILOVEYOU and there weren't any rootkits out (Russian mafia or Sony) and proprietary software didn't write to your MBR for licensing information (TurboTax). The best use cases I can imagine for still doing this would also revolve around more proprietary software licenses (seeing a pattern here)? You might consider hosting your data on a Samba or iSCSI volume and having two Windows installs, but again, this sounds like a licensing problem more than anything. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner BFC Computing, LLC http://bfccomputing.com/ Telephone: +1.603.448.4440 Email, IM, VOIP: [email protected] VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle _______________________________________________ virt mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt
