running windows boot partition in ubuntu

[Jirka]

Noah <noah-list <at> enabled.com> writes:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a dual boot machine XP and ubuntu.  I want to run my XP partition 
>   while booted in ubuntu.  what is a good program to easily handle the 
> task please?
> 
> Chers,
> 
> Noah
> 
> 

Yes. It is possible. With VirtualBox.
Probably there are some other possibilities. (I'd like to find some info on
qemu/kvm).

I ran it myself some time ago with VirtualBox 1.5.4 and then 
VirtualBox 2.0 and Fedora.
I had dual boot configuration with Windows XP and Fedora.
And I was able to boot Windows both natively and in VirtualBox from Fedora.
Even if there were some problems with mouse and keyboard.

I wonder why some people say, it's not possible and just confuse others.
Try e.g. these links:
http://mesbalivernes.blogspot.com/2008/01/virtual-box-booting-from-existing.html
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9697

Jirka