Are you using VMware? If so, use their P2V utility. Last time I did an operation like that, I copied the entire disk to file, then unpacked that file onto a 2:nd disk in the VM.
No, I wanted to use VirtualBox.
Much like 'dd if=/dev/hdx | gzip > /path/to/image.gz', then unpack with 'gzip -dc /path/to/image.gz | dd of=/dev/hdx' on the VMs 2:nd disk. After that, shut down the VM, take away the 1:st disk and make the 2:nd one the primary.
Thanks. This sounds good. But I have a further question: Can image.gz exist on the same partition as the one to clone (or is rawwriting to istself then)? The machine has only one (big) partition. Johannes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org