Re: Can Win7 be run dual-boot and in a virtual machine?

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On Jan 5, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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