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  • 06 Oct 09
  • 11 Aug 09
    russandheather
    Russ

    Instructions how to set up an existing partition as a virtual machine with CirtualBox. This means you can boot natively to either setup, but also run the other one virtually within the other. ie: The virtual disk is a physical disk.

    virtualbox vm dual boot partition physical guest host linux windows xp

  • 13 Jun 09
      • Step 3: Create a new hardware profile in WinXP
        • Click Start > Control Panel > System
        • On the Hardware tab, select Hardware Profiles
        • Click Copy, name the new hardware profile Physical
        • Rename the current profile to Virtual
        • On the Hardware tab, select Device Manager
        • Right-click the IDE Controller and click Update Driver
        • Click No,.. and Next
        • Click [Advanced] and Next
        • Click Don't search... and Next
        • Select Standard Dual channel PCI IDE controller
        • Click Next, Finish, then Close and Reboot into Linux
  • 04 Dec 08