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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 07:12:53AM -0700, Grzesiek Chodzicki wrote:
> 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.
> 
> can the root.img be kept in an AppVM filesystem for this?

Not easily. You'll need to modify VM libvirt configuration and start the
VM with "qvm-start --custom-config=..." every time.

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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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