BootCamp --> Parallels

Apokarteron

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I installed WinXP under a partition created with BootCamp 1.02, is there a way to use Parallels or VMWare or any other program to to run WinXP at the same time as Mac OS X without creating a "Virtual Machine" and just using the partition created with BootCamp?
 
I don't believe so. VMWare has a product that can take a ghost image and convert it to a VMware image but it is an enterprise product.

The problem is that you are trying to take a "real" image and convert it to a "virtual" image.
 
Apokarteron said:
I installed WinXP under a partition created with BootCamp 1.02, is there a way to use Parallels or VMWare or any other program to to run WinXP at the same time as Mac OS X without creating a "Virtual Machine" and just using the partition created with BootCamp?
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I was attempting to do this myself a-la VMware, but no. Right now, neither Parallels or the open source Q emulator can use a physical disk or partition that has a Windows installation. I think, however, that when VMware for the Mac comes out officially it might have that feature.
 
Parallels, in their forums, said they were working on a solution for that. Would be nice. I guess one of the problems is that Windows suddenly sees completely different hardware and wants to be reactivated.
 
wait til osx 10.5 comes out. you will be able to run 3 OS's at a time. ie Linux, OSX, Win, with just the hit of a button and switch between them. Like fast user switching.

Atleast thats what the reviews of Leopard are saying...I CANT WAIT!!!!
 
maz94protege said:
wait til osx 10.5 comes out. you will be able to run 3 OS's at a time. ie Linux, OSX, Win, with just the hit of a button and switch between them. Like fast user switching.

Atleast thats what the reviews of Leopard are saying...I CANT WAIT!!!!
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Well, this is assuming you're running an Intel Mac. For those of us using PPC Macs, it's still basically the old way of doing things: Q or VirtualPC. I don't know if Parallels will run on PPC Macs (couldn't tell from their hardware requirements...I'm assuming an x86 CPU since they require a CPU that supports the PII instruction set).

Or, you could dual boot using Mac OS X and Linux/ppc, as I am now. :p
 
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