Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide
• Do Not Use Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Dynamic
Disks as Physical Disks on page 213
Windows NT
• Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run with GSX Server on page 200
• Setting Up Hardware Profiles in Virtual Machines on page 206
Windows 98
• Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run with GSX Server on page 200
• Setting Up Hardware Profiles in Virtual Machines on page 206
• Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for Use with a Windows 98 Guest Operating
System Booted from a Physical Disk on page 211
Windows 95
• Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run with GSX Server on page 200
• Setting Up Hardware Profiles in Virtual Machines on page 206
• Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for a Windows 95 Guest Operating System
Booted from a Physical Disk on page 210
SCSI Systems Using a Linux Host
• Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot SCSI Systems to Run with VMware GSX
Server on a Linux Host on page 214
Other Uses of Physical Disks
It is also possible to install a guest operating system on a physical disk when you plan
to use that disk only within a virtual machine. For details on setting up a such a
configuration, see Installing an Operating System onto a Physical Partition from a
Virtual Machine on page 220.
Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run
with GSX Server
GSX Server uses description files to control access to each raw IDE device on the
system. These description files contain access privilege information that controls a
virtual machine's access to certain partitions on the disks. This mechanism prevents
users from accidentally running the host operating system again as a guest or running
a guest operating system that the virtual machine was not configured to use. The
description file also prevents accidental corruption of physical disk partitions by badly
behaved operating systems or applications.