couldn't you just use dd? so do something like:
dd /dev/sda myimage.raw bs=1M then use qemu-img to convert to .vmdk (virtualbox can read these): qemu-img convert -f raw myimage.raw -O vmdk then rename if qemu-img doesnt: mv myimage.raw myimage.vmdk start up virtualbox, create your machine, set the hard drive to myimage.vmdk and pray *NOTE: as i'm not sure about the instructions above, you might want to check out the man pages on them. but might work... worth a shot atleast :) goodluck On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Mauro Condarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marc Herbert ha scritto: > > Mauro Condarelli a écrit : > > > >> I need to convert an existing Linux (ubuntu) installation to a virtual > machine. > >> > >> Is this possible? > > > > This is more or less equivalent to pulling the hard drive out of one real > machine and inserting it into another real machine. So yes this is possible, > but might not always work out of the box. Typically you can have booting > issues, for instance because your hard disk is numbered differently. In > simple cases it should just work. > > > > > >> Can someone point me in the right direction, please? > > > > Look out for documentation explaining how to create disk images from > non-empty content. > Sorry. > I really feel dumb. > I have been unable to find any relevant info. > Pretty please, send me a URL where I can find instructions to clone a > whole partition (ext3) into a virtual disk. > I currently have a "real" server I would like to convert to a virtual > server on another machine. > Should I physically move the hard drive to the Host machine? > Can I clone it over the net? > What should I do to clone it into a .vdk (possibly after relocating it > to the new Host)? > > TiA > Mauro > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >
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