Bryen wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 22:22 -0500, Ken Jennings wrote:
On Wednesday 2008-01-02 21:58, Robert Smits wrote:
On my laptop, I currently have a dual boot Windows/OpenSuse 10.3 setup. I
have installed VMWare Server.
This laptop is a Compaq X1000, and comes with a hidden partition and XP
Home install disks.
I'd like to get rid of the XP and hidden partitions, and just have XP
installed in VMWare.
The question is whether I can just copy my whole XP partition or do I need
to install XP Home in the VMWare Server. Are there other issues caused by
this configuration I should be aware of?
After adding dual boot with suse I tried to make the natively installed
Windows XP on a Dell 4700C function with VMware. I could never get it any
farther with VMware than a BSOD in the middle of booting XP. I'm sure
there's someone else who managed to successsfully run a native install given
the right set of hardware or phase of the moon or what not. I couldn't.
WinXP worked much better installing it under VMWare.
You need to use a p2v (physical to virtual) converter. A straight copy
isn't going to do the trick. Platespin.com is one p2v vendor that comes
to mind.
Looking at the site, I don't think that does what you think it does.
From Platespin's description, it appears that it moves workloads
around mid-execution. This is similar to the job-migration
capability in some tools sold by Platform Computing (platform.com)
I don't see anything that will convert an installed Windows OS
on a physical machine into a virtualized installation within VMWare.
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