On 08/11/2010 10:36 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
While we're on the subject of virtualization:
What's the best VM to use
to emulate an ancient Pentium laptop running Windows 95? The hardware
isn't quite dead yet. It has a floppy disk, which it will try to boot
from if plugged in, a CD reader, and ethernet port (on a PCMCIA card
(Did I remember the acronym from another era correctly?)), and a grand
total of 16M of memory. Total disk space might be around 2G, though oart
of this is probably a hidden partition that WIndows uses for its own
secret purpose (which secret purpose would probably have to be preseved
in emulation).
And what's the best way of making a hard disk image from the existing
laptop that the VM is likely to boot from? Presumably I'd have to boot
some very minimal Linux from floppy and dd from /def/hda through the net
to another machine or something like that -- boot track, partition
table, and all. And then add whatever wrapping the VM software want.
Or perhaps copying all the files would be sufficient?
-- hendrik
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I would:
1) Remove HDD
2) Plug it into a USB to IDE adapter (that I use for repairs)
2b,optional) use dd to make an image of the HDD.
3) Run Virtualbox vboxmanage "convert from raw" or one of the Wmware
convert tools to make a .vmdk or .vdi
4) Boot a new VM from the new .vdi
References:
Vboxmanage convertfromraw:
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#id478205
vmware converter:
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
Sata/IDE to USB:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002
--
David Montminy
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