Jason Pyeron wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org >> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz >> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 19:25 >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems >> >> But the big looser with my dreams is running XP inside of >> XEN. You have >> to set up an LVM partition then install XP into it withing XEN. And I >> cannot touch that drive. >> > > Have you tried Vmware? > > > We have used it many a time to mount a physical drive and boot it. > oh, I thought VMware had the same limitations. So the OS on the physical drive was installed directly with that OS, no touching it by VMware? It is strictly hands off the drive in this case. > >> Sigh. Back to other projects. >> >> Scott Silva wrote: >> >>> on 1/7/2008 1:46 AM John R Pierce spake the following: >>> >>>> John Bowden wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have a external USB HD enclosure that takes its power >>>>> >> from the one >> >>>>> USB socket. Its only failed to do so on one oldish tower that a >>>>> friend of mine has, on that machine it needed the second "power" >>>>> connection. Got it from Ebay >>>>> >>>> thts also out of spec, as USB is speced for 2.5 watts, >>>> >> 500mA at 5V, >> >>>> per port. Typlical laptop HD is like 5 watts, more when >>>> >> spinning up. >> >>>> yes, I know it usually works. just saying... >>>> >>> Sometimes you can find small 4 to 6 gig closeout drives with lower >>> power requirements. And you can look around for 1.8 inch drives and >>> enclosures. That should run on a single port. >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > - - > - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - > - Sr. Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - > - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - > - - > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you > have received it in error, purge the message from your system and > notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you > is prohibited. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >