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Virtualizing a Windows Drive on Fedora

Jack Babinski
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I have recently upgraded my SSD and in the process made the switch to Fedora Linux. There are still a few applications (Fusion 360 notably) that I need windows to run. Is there a way I can virtualize my old SSD that has Windows Installed to run these applications?

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bigger question is if fusion 360 will run well in a VM.

 

past that.. either SR-IOV the drive, or clone it to some VM disk format.

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How would I do that or where would be a good place to look for a guide?

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On 11/7/2022 at 8:40 AM, manikyath said:

bigger question is if fusion 360 will run well in a VM.

I second that
 

 

On 11/7/2022 at 10:53 AM, Jack Babinski said:

How would I do that or where would be a good place to look for a guide?

Youtube muh dude. But as for virutalization; I use VMware quite religiously for my virtualization needs ; found that fedora guide on google

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I was able to install it using the snap store, for possible future reference https://snapcraft.io/install/fusion360/ubuntu You will have to include —devmode when you run the install command. It installs and runs it under Wine and so far I have had decent results. I will still mess with the VM things at some point but now it is much less urgent. 

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