i would love to see a link to those "fine grained instructions" you had found. i find this an interesting project. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:04 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: > Hello PLUG! > > Sometime ago I asked how to run a "hard" WinXP partition under VirtualBox. > Well, it ain't so difficult...   :) > > This is what I did: (fine-grain steps are described elsewhere in the WEB) > > Before shutting down Windoze, I created a new "profile". > > I installed Kubuntu 9.10 in a flash-drive and, of course, installed > VirtualBox. > > Then I booted from the "stick", started VBox, created a hard-drive for the > physical WinXP partition using commands available in the "User's manual" > (RTFM?!?!?!) and created a machine for XP attached to that drive. > > Finally I booted WinXP in VBox, chose my "virtual" profile, installed > drivers and guest additions and now the XP machine is just an afterthought > where I get emails and IMs while working (secretly ;-) in my Linux > machine...   :) > > I can also pull the stick and boot the machine from its normal boot record > and the only trace left is the profile and the guest additions (which were > not really needed) > > WinXP performance sucks, but I hardly use that machine anyway... > > I like it!   8) > THANKS!!!   :) > ET > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss