On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Randall R Schulz
On Monday June 1 2009, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
On 2009-05-31 10:56:42 +0800 Randall R Schulz
wrote:
On Saturday May 30 2009, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
could virtual machine software make use of a separate harddisk instead of a disk image to improve its performance?
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By the way do you know if I can convert an existing hard-disk image file to a real harddisk?
Offhand, I don't, but there's probably a tool for doing it.
Never tried, but I'd be very surprised if a simple dd did not do the trick. dd if=<virtual-drive-file> of=/dev/sdx Then fix the vm config to use that drive / partition. fyi: I have more confidence you can work with partitions than with full drives. In that case, dd if=<virtual-drive-file> of=/dev/sdxn where x is the drive identifier and n is the partition identifier Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org