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Von: Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com>
Gesendet: 20.2.'10, 16:28
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for your advice.
I'm prepared to build VBox on the same PC which is now running KVM and Fedora
12 64bit as host. Because Fedora 12 freezes frequently while browsing
Internet. Adding to it I can't make libvirt to allow VM to work on sound.
Therefore I'll wipe out the PC and build VBox on it running Debian 5.0.4 64bit
as host.
Build vbox? No need to! Just install vbox!
Still, you might encounter difficulties with different hw-abstraction layers
(aka different
drivers!) between kvm and vbox
Please explain in more detail. TIA
Every virtualization is an abstraction of some specific hardware! KVM does NOT abstract to a
common, specific model, it simply uses, what's there! So, you need to use the device driver for the
physically available network-interface, and not a "virtualized", "generic"
interface.
Vbox has a specific set of hardware elements, that are "emulazed", VMware has a different
set, and therefore moving a guest from one virtualization to a different one requires different
drivers in the guest. That get's specifically nasty, once the interface for your boot-disk changes
(IDE <-> SCSI <-> SATA). And it even gets more complicated, once you use a
virtualization, that doesn't abstract the hardware (like KVM), but simply manages (limits, controls)
access to the real hardware...
Matthias
B.R.
Stephen
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From: Matthias Pfützner <matthias.pfuetz...@sun.com>
To: sati...@yahoo.com
Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org
Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:54:48 AM
Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox
Qemu-img should be part of vbox, and should be documented in the vbox user
guide...
Still, you might encounter difficulties with different hw-abstraction layers
(aka different drivers!) between kvm and vbox...
Matthias
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Von: Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com>
Gesendet: 20.2.'10, 15:20
Hi Karthik,
Thanks for your advice.
I found following doc on Internet;
How to Convert a KVM to a VDI
http://www.ehow.com/how_5856610_convert-kvm-vdi.html
However I read in another place saying running qemu-img to convert VM will be
easier. I'm now searching how to make it with qemu-img
B.R.
Stephen L
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From: Karthik Balaguru <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com>; vbox-users@virtualbox.org
Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi folks,
What will be the easy way converting KVM (qcow2) to VirtualBox (vdi)?
Can VMDK format (VMWare) works on VirtualBox ?
Your question sounds similar to trying to open Windows Visio drawings
file in OOo Draw .
That is, if vmdk format is openly available, then i think, it should
be possible.
Not sure. But, i wonder the kind of efforts would be required to design it ?
Karthik Balaguru
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