On Jan 5, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs(a)clemson.edu> wrote:
I have a machine with a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 Pro and
Fedora
20. I wonder if it is possible these days to run the Win7 installation
in a virtual machine using the raw disk and still be able to boot it on
the bare metal when necessary. THe hardware is a Dell Latitude E6430
laptop, in case it matters.
Yes any block device can be used as backing, including a partition. Obviously you
don't want it mounted in Fedora while the VM is running.
What is the best VM tool for doing this these days?
virt-manager or virsh + VNC is what I use.
Chris Murphy