From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stuart Johnson Subject: A bit of advice please. Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:27:48 +0000 Message-ID: <458294C4.1090908@stu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org I have two Windows boxes for my day job (Win2K and WinXP). I will be working from home soon, and I don't want more computers in my house. I really want to run everything on Linux if possible. I plan to get a Core 2 Duo, with Gentoo Linux 64, and at least 2Gb of RAM. Question: Can I copy the two Windows hard disk images to a KVM file, and boot into them? Are the serial ports accessible, just the same as if I was running windows natively? Will I be happy with the performance if I have to spend all day in one of the Windows environments? Stuart. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV