VM setup from dual boot

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 07:58 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
>> On 13 May 2011 06:46, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is there an easy way to get from where I am -- dual boot with
>> > a full XP install on sdb1 -- to a usable VM system? All the
>> > instructions I find assume you build the VM first, then put
>> > an OS on it.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical-to-Virtual
>
> Ooh! Oooh! That's just what I want!
>
> Well, almost.
>
> Has anyone used these instructions to virtualise a physical Ubuntu
> machine?
>
>> My co-worker has done this with his work PC, converting it to a VM
>> inside his Ubuntu laptop. Works very well. I think he used the vmware
>> tools to do it, but actually runs the resulting image in VirtualBox.
>
> I looked at those, but I got the impression you need a full VMWare
> installed and running to go that path.
>

For VMWare Player:

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/player_314/ZGp0YnR0KnRiZGh0QA==

For VMWare Converter:

http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/

That's what they say:

Better than Windows XP Mode

"Run legacy Windows XP applications with better graphics, faster
performance, and tighter integration than Windows XP mode offers. With
Unity, shared folders and drag and drop convenience, VMware Player is
the better way to run Windows XP on Windows 7. Use VMware vCenter
Converter to transform your existing Windows PC into a virtual machine
and eliminate the need to re-install and re-configure your existing
applications which is necessary with Windows XP Mode."

VMWare, however, has the bad habit of leaving a "phantom virtual
ethernet board" installed in your kernel so that if it is off, your
log files keep growing by the second.


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Lucio M. Nicolosi, Eng.
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