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Date: 2008jan19
Keywords: virtualization

Q.  My system dual boots Windows and Red Hat Fedora.
How do I run Windows on Red Hat Fedora?

A.  Use QEMU.

In a GNOME Terminal windows do this:

	yum install qemu

	qemu -hda /dev/sda -localtime &

Assuming /dev/sda is your boot drive.
This restarts your computer in a GNOME window!
Select Windows from the GRUB menu and proceed
as if you had booted normally.

Warning: I hear really bad things happen if you let
it boot into the Fedora again.

Be sure to shutdown Windows in the usual way.  Don't just
click on the close [X] icon.

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