running windows partition in ubuntu

[Liam Proven]

On 15 September 2013 14:34, compdoc <compdoc at hotrodpc.com> wrote:
>>Liam:
>>Which is *what the OP asked for*.
>>
>>You replied that it was impossible, which is incorrect.
>
> The OP (Noah) did ask if it was possible to transform an existing XP
> installation into a virtual machine:

OK, so it appears to me that it is your reading skills which are at fault here.

He said - my emphasis - that he wanted :

>> to run the xp OS
> *that is already installed* on the other *physical* drive

As

> a guest to ubuntu

That to me says he wants to boot his copy of XP, on one actual
hardware drive, under the other OS, Ubuntu, on a separate hardware
drive.

Do you disagree?


You replied:

> No, you cannot run it from a disk that way,

That is unambiguous. It means "no, it can't be done."

Posted /after/ Nils Kassube already told him how to do it. It *can* be
done and you said it could not.

I am not arguing whether it's possible to turn a hardware installation
into a VM - that is called a "physical to virtual migration" or P2V
for short. Yes this is possible, but it is not what Noah asked.

> Sometimes you seem to know what you're talking about, Liam. But at other
> times, like when you always rush to disprove everything I've said, you sound
> like an idiot.

I am sorry, but you gave an incorrect answer here. I am not attacking
you and it is nothing personal.

> You obviously know very little about virtual machines or how to deal with
> them , so maybe you should sit this one out. You certainly are not
> helping...

Dude, I wrote the book. Not a figure of speech:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006MSECAS

Perhaps you might learn something from it. ;-)

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