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Don't do this with Win2k it sees the differences with the "machines" and
won't work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob George [mailto:mailings01@ttlexceeded.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:23 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: VMWare
>
>
> "Victor Odhner" <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > I've heard references to "installing" the guest
> > OS into VMWare. That wouldn't cut it. I would
> > need to be able to boot up one time under Win98,
> > then another time go into Linux and run Win98
> > as a guest OS referencing the same filesystem.
> >
> > Is that possible?
>
> Yes, you can do that with VMware workstation using the "raw"
> disk mode. The
> guest Win98 install could run from the same physical drive
> that Win98/Linux
> dual boot from currently. BE ADVISED THOUGH: This can get
> very messy if you
> don't think it through carefully. You need to create two
> hardware profiles
> for Win98, 1 for native mode and another for guest. With a
> LOT of patience,
> it can work. Just don't dive right into it, or you wind up hosing your
> native Win98 config rather badly.
>
> If it's just files you need, you could also mount the VFAT
> Win98 partition
> under Linux, run Samba, and then access those files from a guest Win98
> install running under VMware Linux. A tad cleaner, and less
> error prone.
>
> - Bob
>
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> -----Original Message-----
 > From: Bob George [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:mailings01@ttlexceeded.com">mailto:mailings01@ttlexceeded=
.com</A>]
 > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:23 PM
 > To: =
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
 > Subject: Re: VMWare
 > 
 > 
 > "Victor Odhner" =
<vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
 > 
 > > [...]
 > > I've heard references to =
"installing" the guest
 > > OS into VMWare.  That wouldn't cut =
it.  I would
 > > need to be able to boot up one time under =
Win98,
 > > then another time go into Linux and run =
Win98
 > > as a guest OS referencing the same =
filesystem.
 > >
 > > Is that possible?
 > 
 > Yes, you can do that with VMware workstation =
using the "raw" 
 > disk mode. The
 > guest Win98 install could run from the same =
physical drive 
 > that Win98/Linux
 > dual boot from currently. BE ADVISED THOUGH: =
This can get 
 > very messy if you
 > don't think it through carefully. You need to =
create two 
 > hardware profiles
 > for Win98, 1 for native mode and another for =
guest. With a 
 > LOT of patience,
 > it can work. Just don't dive right into it, or =
you wind up hosing your
 > native Win98 config rather badly.
 > 
 > If it's just files you need, you could also =
mount the VFAT 
 > Win98 partition
 > under Linux, run Samba, and then access those =
files from a guest Win98
 > install running under VMware Linux. A tad =
cleaner, and less 
 > error prone.
 > 
 > - Bob
 > 
 > =
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