On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 20:49, Jason Dixon wrote: > > C. Have VMWare boot the "real" installation of XP and use the Video > > Hardware directly. > > > > Step C is not possible. That is outside of the abilities of VMware. > > I was hoping someone else would speak up and correct you, but this > hasn't happened yet. Ed, YOU are WRONG. This can be done. I've been > using raw disk vmware setups with VMWare on dual-boot systems for > years. It looks like their documentation for 4.x is hidden now, but > it's still there: > > http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/disks_dualboot_ws.html#1046312 > > There are known issues with certain configurations, and it only supports > IDE disks, but it WORKS.
Ahhh....I don't think I am wrong....at least not when one looks at the scope of the original question being asked. Yes, you can boot the "real" disks with "raw disks". However, the question was using the "Geforce" video directly. I do not believe that is supported and based on this paragraph in the link you suggest... The issues arise because the virtual hardware that the operating system sees when it is running in a virtual machine is different from the physical hardware it sees when it is running directly on the host computer. It is as if you were removing the boot drive from one physical computer and running the operating system installed there in a second computer with a different motherboard, video card and other peripherals - then moving it back and forth between the two systems. That is....when you run it in "real" mode you get the "real" video and driver. But, if you boot even with the "real" raw disks you get the VMware Video driver.... Ed -- http://www.shorewall.net Shorewall, for all your firewall needs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
