W dniu niedziela, 23 października 2016 23:10:06 UTC+2 użytkownik Marek 
Marczykowski-Górecki napisał:
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> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:29:32PM -0700, Dima Puntus wrote:
> > Is it possible at all? I'm trying to virtualize my windows machine and move
> > entirely to Qubes. Some of the applications can't be reinstalled so fresh
> > install isn't an option.
> 
> Should be possible, but probably you'll need to install some drivers (as
> the emulated hardware is most likely different than your real one).
> After that, you can simply copy your disk into .img file (using dd) and
> point to that file when creating HVM, like:
> 
>     qvm-create --hvm --label red --root-move-from=/path/to/file.img
>     some-vm-name
> 
> You'll need a lot of disk space for this... You can make it smaller by
> first filling all free space of the (windows) disk with zeros (create
> big file with zeros, then remove it). And then add "conv=sparse" to dd
> command. It will not copy unused space.
> 
> - -- 
> Best Regards,
> Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
> Invisible Things Lab
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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can the root.img be kept in an AppVM filesystem for this?

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