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Ubuntu - Virtualisation

Asked by sisiferl

I have ubuntu 7.04 already installed and would like to virtualise it on Windows XP with VmWare, Virtual Box or another VC-program.
I've installed VmWare already, but it does only see an ubuntu ISO-file and not my already installed OS.
Can someone help me?

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PaulReiber (paulreiber) said : 		#1

Try using Xen... it rocks...
-pbr

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Chris Deresz (cderesz) said : 		#2

Virtualbox 1.4 and up allows you to virtualize an already exisiting hard disk as a "virtual disk." After installing, check out the section in the User Manual entitled "9.9 Using a raw host hard disk from a guest." I was able to virtualize my XP partition on Ubuntu 7.10 with this. It works the other way too, so you should have no problems.

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sisiferl (simoneferlin) said : 		#3

Hi,
Thank you so much for the answers. I tried it on WinXP according to the text on the User's Manual file, but still doesn't work. I've created the new .vdi and it says to create a .vmdk and type \\.\Partition0, having WinXP as a host. But where?

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Bharadwaj Jaya (bharadwaj-j) said : 		#4

"it does only see an ubuntu ISO-file and not my already installed OS" can you be a bit more clear? I mean what do you mean by not already installed OS is it that it is not identifying you previous vDisks or ...... what?

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sisiferl (simoneferlin) said : 		#5

I have two partitions on my HD, one with WinXP and the other one with Ubuntu7.04. I am doing some simulations on a tool, which does only work on Linux and work with other files, mostly at the same time, on WinXP. Now I am trying to get this already installed/working Ubuntu virtualized under my WinXP. Chris said above about the User's Manual of VirtualBox and I didn't get it yet. Sorry, but it's a new topic for me. If anyone could help, it would be fine.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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