On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Maciek Kaliszewski <[email protected]> wrote: > Amit k. Saha wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Maciek Kaliszewski >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey >>> With linux I think it would be quite easy (Even with windows it is >>> possible). I haven't move linux system to VirtualBox , but I have done >>> it between >>> several different hardware computers . So if there isn't custom kernel >>> the only modification needed is to change Xorg.conf (May be not >>> necessary in your case if your computer hasn't installed X subsystem ). >>> >>> >> >> I did face an issue with moving guest VDI which was created on a Linux >> host to a Vista host. It greeted me with a BSOD and didn;t work. I >> didn;t get the time to look into it, so I didn't report it. >> >> > You mean windows guest created on linux host and then moved to windows > host and BSOD on windows host or guest ?
No. Debian Linux guest created on a Liniux host and moved to Windows host. > There shouldn't be a problem ,but when you deal with windows everything > is possible . He he. Couldn't agree more. Seemingly no-problem things become a problem, when it comes to windows :-) > But James is trying to move existing hardware linux box to VirtualBox > ,so I think there won't be a problem.The only difficulty I see is > to properly setup networking (as the guest system will be a network server ) Yes. I have done it more than once.. -Amit > > Regards > Maciek Kaliszewski > >>> >>> James Bensley wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Guys n Gals! >>>> >>>> New to the list and thought I'd kick off with a question to you all! >>>> >>>> We are looking to move some of our smaller servers performing small >>>> medial tasks as virtual machines to our bigger, higher performance >>>> servers. >>>> >>>> To start I'm going to move a Debian (Etch x86) server across to a >>>> Windows 2003 x64 host. Can I image the Debian server's hard drive and >>>> use the image to run in virtual box instead of installing a new Debian >>>> server from scratch and setting it all up again? >>>> >>>> >>>> I hope I haven't introduced my self as a complete tool with a stupid >>>> question but hey, why break the habit ;) >>>> >>>> Thanks for reading listees. Regards, >>>> James ;) >>>> >>>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >>>> Version: 3.1 >>>> GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- >>>> PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ >>>> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> vbox-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vbox-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ *Bangalore Open Java Users Group*:http:www.bojug.in _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
