I'm looking http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9811742/boot-a-native-os-on-the-harddisk-as-a-virtual-machine The last answer looks like succeed the other way around: it booted Linux with raw disk access with a Windows host.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > If you figure that out I'm extremely interested! > I'm also using dual boot devices (even my tablet is Linux + Win). If we > figure that out, it'd mean I don't have to boot into Windows most of the > time. > The problem is that when you install Windows natively, the OS sees your > real devices. If you'd manage to boot up your native Win partition into > VirtualBox, the OS sitting there would see completely different devices: > virtualized version of everything. > > A couple of years ago I digged into forums and all about that, but I > didn't succeed. > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes. I would like to 'boot' my Win7 in a virtual box under Linux Mint, >> instead of having to reboot into Windows. >> On my machine >> sda1 is Windows >> sda2 is windows recovery partition >> sda3 is linux mint >> sda4 is linux swap >> >> Partitions SDA1 and SDA3 are bootable. >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Andrew McElroy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Define live disk. Do you mean like a partition? >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have a laptop that runs Mint or Win7 nicely. It is set up to dual >>> boot. >>> >>> Is there a way to configure virtual box to allow using a 'live disk' >>> instead of a system image. >>> >>> If so, could you point me to a tutorial? >>> >>> Thanks in advance... >>> >>> ><> ... Jack >>> >>> "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 >>> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >>> Albert Einstein >>> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral >>> Grace Hopper, USN >>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." >>> - Ben Franklin >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ><> ... Jack >> >> "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 >> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >> Albert Einstein >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral >> Grace Hopper, USN >> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." >> - Ben Franklin >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
