Nick,

> I have just tested out VMWare GSX but it does not allow

> stand alone booting; it requires an operating system to

> host it before it can do anything. I was hoping to find

> something which doesn't rely on any particular OS.

Have you thought about using a hardware solution? I have one machine that

has its boot drive in a drawer mechanism. That allows me to put a boot drive

in that has a different OS on it whenever I need to swap it for testing.

The drawer mechanism is inexpensive, and small hard drives that can host any

number of OS install sets are really cheap now.

Kristyne McDaniel

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