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
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