VirtualBox

VirtualBox is virtualization software with not-so-much glidges.

use it

To use it, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly:

SUSE Linux 11.4

• install it

yast -i virtualbox

• start it

VirtualBox

SUSE Linux 11.3

• install it

yast -i virtualbox-ose

• load its kernel module

modprobe vboxdrv

• start it

VirtualBox

Virtualize your computer

To virtualize your computer and run it from within virtualbOx, transfer your harddisk over the network like this:

dd if=/dev/sda | ssh root@earth "cat > hdimage.img"

In this case you would get a file hdimage.img on the computer named earth.

Now convert this image:

tweedleburg:~ # VBoxManage convertdd hdimage.img test.vdi
Converting from raw image file="testdisk.img" to file="test.vdi"...
Creating dynamic image with size 7682605056 bytes (7327MB)...