ServerFault: http://serverfault.com/questions/241678/booting-a-native-windows-install-in-virtualbox-is-it-possible Looks like it's possible. I went down this route some years ago. Maybe I'll give another try.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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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. 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