On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> wrote: >> --- On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Zico <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> --- >> | That means, I have the total file system as tarball, >> \-- >> >> You can create a raw image of the file system (for example) using: >> >> # dd if=/dev/sda of=hard-disk.img >> > > Most hypervisors have utilities to convert the virtual disk image formats. > > What I understood from Zico's OP is that he has the entire OS > installation in a tar ball (I have used this method for bare metal > installs). Now he wants to create a bootable virtual disk image with > the OS installation coming from the tar ball. >
Well, I can think of this: Create a virtual box using this tar ball similar to how you do with bare metal. Regards, Noorul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
