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[Brian McKee]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Evans Jahja <smkururu at rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
> Neil Cherry wrote:
>> I have a laptop setup with dual boot (XP Home and Ubuntu). I'd like to
>> know is it possible to install some kind of virtualization software
>> that will allow me to use the existing XP partition? I have need of
>> some embedded development software that uses the USB and Windows.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> You mean you want to run Ubuntu on Windows XP? You can try Microsoft
> Virtual PC for that, which is free. There are some alternatives if you
> hate M$, like Virtual Box from SUN Microsystem, which is free also.

I think he means he wants to migrate the physical install to a virtual
one, preferably while keeping it right where it is.

I know you can do that with Parallels on OSX, and I'm pretty sure
VMWare has a similar product (although perhaps you need the pay
version) - Anyone know of a good solution for Ubuntu?

Brian