Is this possible?

[Paul Boyle]

Hi,

I am new to using VirtualBox. I am running Linux hosts. In my lab, I have a computer running Windows XP which controls some scientific instrumentation. I would like to put a second drive in this WinXP computer, install Linux on the second hard drive, and then running the pre-existing Windows XP installation (with its own physical hard drive) as a VirtualBox guest hosted by the newly installed Linux distrubution. Is it possible to do this -- take preexisting WinXP computer and virtualize it in the manner I described above?

For what its worth further hardware detail: The Window XP controls the instrument via serial ports and has two network cards,

Thanks for any advice.

Regards,
Paul

[mpack]

Check out the "Howto" section, e.g. viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697.

[Paul Boyle]

Thanks!