running windows within Linux

[Jon M. Hanson]

You must be talking about a virtual machine. WINE implements the  
Windows API calls and turns them into Linux/X API calls. There are  
several virtual machines available for Linux (VMWare, Virtual Box, Xen  
are a few). The virtual machines typically use a single file that is  
used as the "disk" for the virtual system. I think some (like VMWare)  
will allow you to point to an actual partition or make a disk image  
from a partition for use in the virtual machine. It would probably be  
better to use a file as the disk in a virtual machine rather than a  
physical partition.
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On Nov 9, 2008, at 8:24 PM, mike havens wrote:

> I was told about running windows within a linux install a couple of  
> days ago. I assume this ,eans I will keep my windows partition  
> intact. How does this work; is it like WINE?
>
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