Timeline for Adding Ubuntu hard drive to existing windows 7 system
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| Apr 15, 2012 at 2:39 | comment | added | irrational John | FWIW, I took a quick glance at the VirtualBox documentation. Section 9.8.1 Using a raw host hard disk from a guest et seq. covers using VMware's VMDK VHDD format with a VirtualBox VM to allow the VM to directly access a physical hard disk attached to the host system. Obviously not something for the casual user, but it looks like it can be done. | |
| Apr 15, 2012 at 0:42 | comment | added | irrational John | While I haven't done it with VirtualBox, I have been able to boot existing Ubuntu installs (partitions) on a physical hard disk using VMware Player. You have some initial fun getting the drivers straight in the VM, but it can work if the VM allows you direct access to a physical hard drive. | |
| Apr 14, 2012 at 23:36 | history | answered | Oliver G | CC BY-SA 3.0 |