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dd if=''/dev/sda'' of=''/hdimage.img'' | 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''. | This can be used if your harddisk is ''/dev/sda'' and you want your [[image]] [[file]] at ''/hdimage.img''. | ||
| − | * Download and [[install]] [[ | + | * Download and [[install]] [[VmWare]] on your host computer. |
* use qemu-img from the [[qemu]] [[package]] to transform your harddisk image to a vmware image: | * 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 | qemu-img /mnt/usb/hdimage.img -O vmdk /hdimage.vmdk | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 27 August 2008
Imagine you want your physical computer to run as a virtual machine, maybe because you want to try some dangerous changes, maybe because you want to sell one of your two laptops. That's what this article is about. Your computer can be on Windows or Linux, no matter.
How to
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.
