[coLinux-users] accessing raw disk partitions

[Eric S. J. <es...@ha...>]

running on a machine that dual boots between Windows 7 and Ubuntu.

I need to share my home partition between a virtual machine and a real machine. 
  Obviously, I will access the home partition from either one machine or the 
other but not both at the same time.  I was trying to use virtual box because I 
need to run multiple virtual machines at times.  Unfortunately, due to Windows 
security features, accessing the raw disk is no longer possible without jumping 
through significant hoops.

According to the documentation, it looks like I should be able to access a raw 
partition from co-linux and everything should be hunky-dory.  Is this a good 
assumption or am I living in a fantasy realm?

Can I also run multiple virtual box instances at the same time or are the two 
systems mutually exclusive?  reason I ask is because I need to produce 
production virtual machine images using virtual box and it would be nice to be 
able to run both at the same time.

Ever so grateful for your feedback.

--- eric