[wplug] Any vmware users?

[J Aaron Farr]

Thanks for the clarification.

The issue is the XP copy is from the OEM restore CDs.  

I've got a Sony Vaio that came loaded with a lot of software that I do like and
use, but I'm always in Linux and flipping back and forth is just a pain.  If I
try to re-install XP using the OEM CD, the first thing it will do if it can't
find a C:\ and D:\ drive is partition the hard drive back to the original setup
(I painfully found this out recently).  This means I pretty much *have* to
install XP first and then install Linux.  

I could get my hands on a clean version of XP, but then I wouldn't be able to
load all the software that came with the VAIO, which is pretty nice and I'd
like to keep (I mean I did pay for it, so might as well use it).  Any other
suggetions?

jaaron

--- Richard Harris <ftumph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> jaaron,
> 
> I'm running VMWare Workstation 3.0 at home, but not
> with WinXP (I run 2000 Workstation once in a while). 
> I believe you can run off an existing partition rather
> than creating your own when you create a new virtual
> machine.  
> 
> Why don't you want to reinstall XP?  I ask because the
> hardware profile of the VM is going to be different
> than your native hardware.  Pointing VMWare to your
> existing installation is going to have the same effect
> as when you move a drive from one machine to another. 
> The first time it boots it's going to reconfigure all
> its settings for the VMWare "hardware".
> 
> - Rick
> 
> --- J Aaron Farr <jaaronfarr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > Does anyone on the list use vmware for linux?  I'm
> > thinking about using it to
> > run WinXP instead of dual booting, but I haven't
> > tied it before.  And will I
> > need to reinstall WinXP from scratch?  If I already
> > have it installed on
> > another partition, can I just load it into vmware
> > from there?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > jaaron
> > 
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