WindowsXP

So far I never was able to run a Windows XP guest OS from a raw disk partition using Linux VMWare. Here's the discussion thread. I guess coLinux will rescue me sooner or later. OK. Now I got it working: The user who runs vmware must be a member of the "disk" group to have access to the partition where XP is installed. Then I downloaded the GAG boot loader disk image from http://gag.sourceforge.net.

My new notebook (or rather deskbook) is the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D1840W. I installed it as dual-boot Windows XP/Suse Linux 9 with the following partitioning: