On 4/20/07, Boniforti Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Klaus Espenlaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Is there a way to bypass the large vdi file in the conversion process, e.g > > > using sparse-file, convert and compact in one step? > > > > Right now this is not possible. And in one of the next versions the > > problem will hopefully become obsolete, as we're intending to have full > > vmdk support. So qemu-img should be able to convert VHD images directly > > to vmdk. > > Sorry if I'm jumping into this thread maybe without hitting the point at 100%, > but as I read about "images" conversion and stuff, I've got to ask my > question. > > I would like to know how I may create an image out of a Windows (let's say XP > SP2) PC and be able to run it under VirtualBox. In my praxis, it would for me > be nice to have the ability to run on my VirtualBox(es) the exact same PC on > which I'm working, for testing purposes.
I've never done it before, but you could convert your real pc using VMWare Converter, then convert it to raw with "qemu-img convert", and finally convert it to vdi using vditool. (don't forget compact it!!) > > Same thing I'd like to achieve with Linux clients, as far as it would be > possible. On Linux, you can do a rsync between your real machine and your virtual machine. Something like rsync -avWHS -e ssh --exclude /proc --exclude /sys --exclude /dev --delete [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ /mnt/Virtualbox Here, yourlinuxvox is the real machine, and /mnt/virtualbox is on the virtual machine. This last example was extracted from http://www.happyassassin.net/2007/02/06/vmware-to-virtualbox/ > > I read about "vditool" and "QEmu"... how could those two things help me in > achieving my goal? > > Many thanks in advance, > Flavio. > > It would be nice not to do alternative things to achieve conversion from real machines, other virtual machines (at least VMWare an VirtalPC) to VirtualBox's VM. -- Saludos, Luis Gallardo _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
