On 5/4/08, Tim <root@(protected):
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sat, 3 May 2008 12:48:30 +0100, Mick wrote:
> >
> >> I have a box which has WinXP dual-booting with Gentoo. I would like to
> >> be able to have access to a clone of the existing WinXP installation,
> >> from within Gentoo. The original WinXP partition should be left well
> >> alone, as it is business critical.
> >
> > If you copy it to a VM, you are running it on different hardware. The MS
> > profit-protection system will kick in, requiring you to reactivate it for
> > the VM "hardware".
> >
> >
> This isn't to say it can't be done. On the contrary: you can clone the
> partition and boot it just fine, only you'll have (IIRC) three days to
> reactivate it before it goes inactive.
>
> You say you'd like access to a clone from "within Gentoo" - is it
> sufficient to be able to mount the existing partition read-only? Do you
> really need the clone?
>
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> gentoo-user@(protected)
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>
If i recall right you could boot windows with different "profiles",
which would be just different hardware configurations, also i dont
think corporate versions of windows says anything about the
activation.

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