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| − | + | Imagine you want your [[lapTop]] to run in a [[virtual machine]], maybe because you want to try some changes, maybe because you want to sell it. That's what this article is about. Your notebook can be on [[Windows]] or [[Linux]], no matter. | |
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| − | + | * Boot the computer you want to virtualize [[booting from usb|from usb]] or from [[knoppix]]. | |
| − | + | * Use a [[USB]] [[disk]] to store an image of your computer's [[hard disk]]: | |
| − | + | dd if=''/dev/sda'' of=''/hdimage.img'' | |
| − | + | This can be used if your harddisk is ''/dev/sda'' and you want your [[image]] [[file]] at ''/hdimage.img''. | |
| + | * Download and [[install]] [[vmWare]] on your host computer. | ||
| + | * use qemu-img from the [[qemu]] [[package]] to transform your harddisk image to a vmware image: | ||
| + | qemu-img /mnt/usb/hdimage.img -O vmdk /hdimage.vmdk | ||
| + | * you can now use your vmware image to boot your virtual guest computer. | ||
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Revision as of 07:20, 26 August 2008
Imagine you want your lapTop to run in a virtual machine, maybe because you want to try some changes, maybe because you want to sell it. That's what this article is about. Your notebook can be on Windows or Linux, no matter.
How to
- Boot the computer you want to virtualize from usb or from knoppix.
- Use a USB disk to store an image of your computer's hard disk:
dd if=/dev/sda of=/hdimage.img
This can be used if your harddisk is /dev/sda and you want your image file at /hdimage.img.
- Download and install vmWare on your host computer.
- use qemu-img from the qemu package to transform your harddisk image to a vmware image:
qemu-img /mnt/usb/hdimage.img -O vmdk /hdimage.vmdk
- you can now use your vmware image to boot your virtual guest computer.
