I know that older versions of VMware server would let you do that, but they removed that ability in more recent versions.
You can user vmware's free converter to convert an OS off a physical drive into an image file, though. I've done this a few times to do P2V conversions. I even used it to rescue an OS from a dead laptop once. Chris On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe <pmigne...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:09:01PM -0500, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > > Does anyone know of a way to make VMWare (or other VM software) run a > > Virtual Machine off a physical hard drive or partition rather than from a > VM > > Image? > > In regards to the 'any other vm software'.. I think you can use kvm now > with qemu.. Last I checked, qemu can read/write to/from disk partitions with > the -hdX switch. > > I haven't used it in forever, but it might be worth your time to look > deeper into it. Or just wait for someone that's a vmware guru to come along > ;) > > -Igneous > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
