Virtual Box start from dual boot systme
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So for a long time now, I've been running Linux on a dual boot system with Windows 7. I don't run Windows very often, however it happens enough now that I started looking at alternatives to reboots. A friend showed me Parallels on his Mac, and I fell in love with the concept of Virtual machines. Since Sun has been in the Unix space since the beginning of time, they likely have the best solution for Linux (big assumption I know). Anyway, to avoid re-installing windows, as I have it set up the way I like it now, I was wondering if there was a way to point to the existing install and boot from that point.
Linux is installed on /dev/sda
Windows is on /dev/sdb
Having never done this before a little handholding would be great as to what step I should take.
Thanks for any help in advance!
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