reusing BootCamp partition ???

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cekuhnen
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Joined: 8. Feb 2008, 23:57

reusing BootCamp partition ???

Post by cekuhnen »

I assume that this software CANNOT reuse a boot camp partition?

I did not read about it anywhere.
cekuhnen
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Post by cekuhnen »

I assume than that there is no reusing of an existing boot camp partition?
cekuhnen
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Post by cekuhnen »

138 views and no answer from the dev people?

thats more than lame ...
ddimes
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BootCamp Partition Support

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I have been a user of VirtualBox for Linux for about 1 yr now.
On my Linux PC I use opensuse10.3 as my host and I use Windows XP as a guest. The Windows XP guest uses a raw disk image/partition instead of a vdi file. Using raw disk mode also enables me to dual-boot my PC into Windows XP from the grub menu (like in Boot Camp on a Mac) or run it within VirtualBox in Linux (virtualized guest).

I just started using VirtualBox 1.5.51 Beta 3 for Mac OS X as I just got a new iMac.

When installing it there is a list of know issues:
No support for Host Interface Networking, Internal Networking, audio input, VT-x/AMD-V, raw disk, and numlock emulation. USB unstable. VirtualBox kernel extension accessible from all user accounts.

Based on the list of known issues, I would guess that as of Beta 3, Raw Disk support is disabled. Therefore at this time...VirtualBox cannot reuse a Boot Camp partition. Sorry... :cry:
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