VMware Fusion 2.0: Getting Linux from another partition as a virtual machine

[micbelue425]

Hi, I recently modified my Macbook 5.1 (unibody aluminum) so that it can triple boot Mac OSX, Windows XP, and Linux 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.

I have VMware Fusion 2.04 installed on my Mac and it loads XP from the Bootcamp partition just fine.


I was wondering if it is possible to load my Linux partition into VMware Fusion similar to how it does it with XP so that I can run Linux side-by-side with XP and OSX.



I have read both:

http://fearandloath.us/vmware-fusion...partition.html
and
http://taylorbanks.com/blog/ubuntu-o...rtual-or-both/


but both tell me to go to a directory/file in the VMware Fusion application support folder that doesn't exist in my version (./vmware-rawdiskCreator print /dev/disk0).


I'm new to the commands in terminal, but I believe the ./ means to go to a specific file in the directory.




Thank you, any help is appreciated.

[Ocxic]

you can, and the manual to vbox describes how to do this, however it warns that once you do, to NOT boot into the partition normally, as it will mess-up the "virtual" virtual disk that is created.

[robertbub]

you can, and the manual to vbox describes how to do this, however it warns that once you do, to NOT boot into the partition normally, as it will mess-up the "virtual" virtual disk that is created.

I was considering doing this, but I would precisely like the ability to either run in a virtual machine from MacOSX or boot into the partition. (HFS has messed up my files too many times and I do not trust it -- I only trust ext2/ext3/ext4 .)

Is there a virtualization option which would not get messed up if I boot into the partition alone or run it in a vm?

Thanks.