Le Monday 16 November 2009 14:36:07 Clayton, vous avez écrit :
My main prob is that I am using a VM under VMWare for 5 years now (VMware 4 (SUSE 8.2), then VMware 6.02 (OpenSUSE 10.3)), and since VMware 6.02 does not work on OpenSUSE 11.2 I will have to figure out whether I install a brandnew VM under VirtualBox (time consuming, moving data from VM --> HD, then copy back data from HD-->New VM) or buy VMware 7.0.
Why would you need to reinstall? VirtualBox understands/opens VMDX images. In theory you shoudl be able to simply point VBox at your VMDX and boot - although, for testing purposes I'd suggest you make a copy of your existing VMDX and boot the copy until you're confident that VirtualBox can boot the VN~MDX and works correctly for your needs.
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Hi, Glad to know ! I will try it out, but It is in contradiction with a post of Alexey (see my previous post OpenSuSE 11.2 and VMWare) who said: _______________________________________________________________ /snip
Alexei, do you know if a virtual machine disk from VMware will be usable by Virtual box ?
Short answer: No. Long answer: Try to export your VMware machines into OVF, and re-import them into VirtualBox. VirtualBox can read VMDKs, but it provides a different virtual hardware, so the transition experience may be painful. Windows VMs may require re-activation or refuse to load (BSOD), and Linux VMs may require re-configuration of Xorg and hardware. While it is possible to transfer VMs, it is not pain-free. I recommend install OSes from scratch, like you would, when migrating to new physical hardware. ____________________________________________________________________ So I understood than Virtual box cannot open VMWare VM without tweaking. Especially because the VM is a windows XP system. Thank you Matthias -- / \ /_!_\ My e-mail address has just changed. Please note the new one : matthias.titeux@inserm.fr _____________________________________________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD Département de génétique des maladies cutanées et allergiques dans des modèles animaux et chez l'homme. INSERM U563 - CPTP Pavillon Lefebvre, 5ème étage CHU Purpan BP3028 31024 Toulouse cedex 03 __________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org