[lug] Linux | VMware | Xen question..

[Ken MacFerrin]

I'm upgrading the hard drives in my home desktop, which is currently a 
dual boot machine with Gentoo and Windows XP Pro.  The Windows drive is 
hardly ever used but I have to keep it around for a few applications 
needed for some consulting work.  I'm planning on doing a fresh Gentoo 
install with the new drive but would like to start running VMware or Xen 
to be able to access XP without needing a reboot.  My preferred setup 
would be to have Gentoo and XP on separate hard drives and then be able 
run Windows under VMware/Xen with Gentoo as the host OS; but also still 
be able to boot natively into Windows via Grub if necessary on occasion. 
  I've not spent much time with either VMware or Xen so I'm not sure if 
this is possible.  Any insights?

Thanks,
Ken