Bryen wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 22:22 -0500, Ken Jennings wrote:
On my laptop, I currently have a dual boot Windows/OpenSuse 10.3 setup. I have installed VMWare Server.
This laptop is a Compaq X1000, and comes with a hidden partition and XP Home install disks.
I'd like to get rid of the XP and hidden partitions, and just have XP installed in VMWare.
The question is whether I can just copy my whole XP partition or do I need to install XP Home in the VMWare Server. Are there other issues caused by this configuration I should be aware of? After adding dual boot with suse I tried to make the natively installed Windows XP on a Dell 4700C function with VMware. I could never get it any farther with VMware than a BSOD in the middle of booting XP. I'm sure
On Wednesday 2008-01-02 21:58, Robert Smits wrote: there's someone else who managed to successsfully run a native install given the right set of hardware or phase of the moon or what not. I couldn't. WinXP worked much better installing it under VMWare.
You need to use a p2v (physical to virtual) converter. A straight copy isn't going to do the trick. Platespin.com is one p2v vendor that comes to mind.
Looking at the site, I don't think that does what you think it does. From Platespin's description, it appears that it moves workloads around mid-execution. This is similar to the job-migration capability in some tools sold by Platform Computing (platform.com) I don't see anything that will convert an installed Windows OS on a physical machine into a virtualized installation within VMWare. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org