Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:51:34 -0600 From: "Timms, Simon" <STimms@petro-canada.ca> To: 'Kris Kennaway' <kris@obsecurity.org>, Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD in Windows..... Message-ID: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF910FB88BB@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@obsecurity.org]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:41 PM
To: Adam McLaurin
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD in Windows.....
>On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 05:32:40PM -0400, Adam McLaurin wrote:
>> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 17:17, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> > That won't help the OP. He's asking how to access a FreeBSD UFS =
_on
>> > the same computer_ while running Windows. Unless you can purchase =
a
>> > Windows UFS driver somewhere out there, this is not possible. The
>> > recommended way to share files from FreeBSD to Windows on a =
dual-boot
>> > OS is to use a FAT partition which can be mounted on both OSes.
>>=20
>> What about installing vmware (on XP), then install FreeBSD in =
vmware,
>> and mounting it that way? Maybe a lot of trouble, but at least he'd =
be
>> able to get at the data.
>
>Yeah, that might work.
>
>Kris
If my understanding of vmware is correct that shouldn't work, couldn't =
work.
Vmware is just an x86 emulator which sits on top of windows, the OS =
working
in=20
VMware should be unaware that it is running in an emulator and =
shouldn't
have=20
direct access to any of the host computer's resources. If the host =
system=20
is unable to mount a file system then the operating system in vmware =
should
also be unable to mount it. First because it is unaware that it exists =
and
second because vmware uses the host system's resources and anything =
which is
inaccessible to the host system would also be inaccessible to the =
emulated
system.
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