Unfortunately the linked disk type in Virtual Server is only to copy
partitions to VHD's and it only works directly on the VHD, not from a
VM.
Network shares should work though...
--
Bob Comer
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:12:01 -0700, MacMan0295
<MacMan0295@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>Thank you. I thought there was a way to access host hard drives.
>
>"Robert Comer" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Virtual Server doesn't have that capability. You'll have to do it
>> with a "Network drive" (normal shared networking)
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:53:00 -0700, MacMan0295
>> <MacMan0295@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quote:
>> >Well, maybe I am doing the wrong thing. I want to be able to view my
>> >external hard drive to have access to all the files on the drive. How am I
>> >to do this?
>> >
>> >"Bo Berglund" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:01 -0700, MacMan0295
>> >> <MacMan0295@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I am running MSVS 2005 on a Windows Vista 64bit OS. I installed the server
>> >> >just fine and created a MS Server 2003 virtual server fine. But when I go to
>> >> >create a linked virtual disk to one of my physical drives, the available disk
>> >> >drives are not available. How do I get my physical drives to be available in
>> >> >the drop down to link?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> You can only link to a physical disk, which is *not in use* by the
>> >> host operating system. It cannot have a drive letter associated with
>> >> it, so you need to go into the disk manager and remove the drive
>> >> letter from it in order to do the link.
>> >>
>> >> But why do you want to do this?
>> >> Generally linking is only done in order to copy data from the linked
>> >> disk to an ordinary virtual disk inside a guest.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>> >>
>>