Booting LiveUSB within Windows

[GPIA7R]

I recently created a Fedora RC 11 LiveUSB, and I'm really liking it so far. I work IT, and in order to continue my productivity, such as it is, I need to remain logged into my Windows XP session.

It would be nice, though, to put my LiveUSB in and open it within this Windows session. Unfortunately, as far as I know, this cannot be virtualized? Is there a way to "boot" my LiveUSB to the Fedora OS from within Windows?

Thanks for any suggestions

[GPIA7R]

I was finally able to do it with qemu/kqemu, a command-line based virtual program.

I'm amazed how well it runs, too. It maintains the persistant overlay on the USB drive, allowing me to manipulate the OS, make changes, then remove the USB and boot it on another PC with changes intact.

For those curious, my command in DOS was (make sure you have both qemu and kqemu installed) :


Code:

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C:\Program Files\QemuManager\qemu>qemu.exe -L . -m ### -kernel-kqemu -hda //./Ph
ysicalDrive#
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Where "PhysicalDrive#" is the number of the USB drive in Windows Disk Management, and "-m ###" is the amount of RAM you want to allocate to the emulation.

Also ran the program in "High Priority" within Task Manager