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felipecr

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Registered: 2015-02-09

Posts: 1

Virtualize a partition with Windows 8 and EFI using Qemu

I use arch linux and I have a dual boot with windows 8.

I need to virtualize the windows 8 partition (if possible with Qemu, but suggestions are welcome) and I found this in
the arch linux wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QE … inear_RAID.

My doubt is if I can follow these steps to virtualize the windows 8 or, because there is a partition with the EFI boot,
I have to do something extra.

Thanks.

chaonaut

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From: Kyiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2014-02-05

Posts: 382

Re: Virtualize a partition with Windows 8 and EFI using Qemu

i suspect it's not possible with post-XP windows at all, since such thing as hardware profiles support is gone.
so, windows certainly will detect it's running on another hardware, and i suspect it's going to refuse to start due to its licensing politics.
i did not try it myself though, so it's just a speculation.

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ferda

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Registered: 2010-02-05

Posts: 67

Re: Virtualize a partition with Windows 8 and EFI using Qemu

I did it with Virtualbox following this guide.
It is in German though.