If you install Windows XP on a partition of your Mac using Bootcamp, VMWare Fusion should see it, and allow you to boot Windows inside the VM. I installed Ubuntu Feisty on another partition of my Mac, so VMWare Fusion doesn’t notice it automatically, but I finally found out how to get Ubuntu running in the VM without requiring a second installation with a separate VMWare disk image. The secret is
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