Using existing bootcamp partitioned linux within parallels

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pwiegers

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Hi everybody,

I've been reading the forums up and down trying to get a definitive answer to this... but either the prodedure involves open heart surgery and/or is very error prone....

I've got a working Kubuntu installation on a bootcamp partition (I removed bootcamp subsequently, as I thought I would not need it after creating the partitions...). I really like this install; the only thing that does not work is my mobile internet.... thus, I need OS X....

I've got parallels working, with another Kubuntu. This works fairly well, but not optimal (I don't like certain things about the keyboard layout, and several other things.)

What I would really like is to be able to run the 'standalone' version with and without parallels. I think this should be possible... does anyone have any documentation on how to do this?... I don't mind some wizardry, but I would like to be able to do this without too much hassle... :-)

greetings,

Paul
 
Hi John,

that's not really helpfull, is it? :-)
You are, of course, correct. But I've seen lots of posts about this, most of them along the lines: 'why can't they [meaning you] explain how to do this'. Apparently, it is possible, you need to do some wizardy though. You guys know how this system works from the inside out, we, being customers, pay for it. Why not let us make the most out of your product? If it is possible, why not make a official guide about how to do it? :-(

Paul
 
John@Parallels said:
We cannot avoid Apple guidance, as in several case we need to consult Apple, about problem.
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I'm sorry, I don't want to sound too harsh or anything, but this sounds like a bogus argument to me. The users have been asking for this for a few years now. I've searched the forum for an answer to this problem, and several posts turn up from 2006. There are posts from years back where the Parallels team promise to implement this from years back. There are posts from people, more knowledgeable than me who have actually done this. There is a wish list item from 2006, for crying out loud. Why is this so hard to implement? Clearly, it can be done. It has been done. It is just a MPITA that is takes hacking some files and crossing your fingers to get this going...

Parallels team, listen to your customers! Clearly, there is demand. Clearly, you can fulfill this demand..... what am I missing here?
 
Let us try to argue this:
1. If Apple doesn't support other OSes in Boot Camp, from whom you get support if in Boot Camp Linux somehow fails?
2. When you try to create VM based in Boot Camp, this will be just ignorance of Apple guidance, how we can contact Apple in case for example bug , whose fail it will be?

I understand that it is in wish list, and in Parallels Desktop, I hope, we will introduce new features which allows to use direct Linux partition, for now we are testing every possible solution to allow this, but they need to be carefully tested first in stress situations
 
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