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   From: brettg    
   Subject: Dual boot + virtualised guest   
   Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:35:01 +1100   
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   I have Ubuntu running on my main desktop dual booting XP on a second HD.   
      
   I can also use vmware workstation to run the same XP installation as a   
   guest OS from within Linux.   
      
   I have now purchased a new laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed and I want to   
   do something similar with it.   
      
   The problem is that I don't have two physical hard disks, which is a   
   prerequisite for building the setup I describe above because you have to   
   give vmware direct access to the hard drive for it to work. Obviously, you   
   cant give it direct access to the same drive that your host os is on or   
   you will bork it completely.   
      
   So, my question is, are there any emulation/virtualisation apps out there   
   that will allow me to do the same thing, only with a logical partition   
   instead of a physical drive?   
      
   Alternatively, if that is not possible which virtualisation product has   
   the best 3D support, either available now or at least on its roadmap. If I   
   could get 3D support within a virtual machine I wouldn't need to dual-boot   
   at all.   
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