Hi folks, I heard somewhere that there was a third-party tool available that converts an existing native WinXP OS to a DomU image for use with Xen HVM. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Derek. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi there, We are also looking for a solution to this so if you find one let us know and vice versas. Thanks Ian -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Derek Sent: 16 June 2007 21:46 To: xen ml Subject: [Xen-users] Converting native WinXP to DomU guest? Hi folks, I heard somewhere that there was a third-party tool available that converts an existing native WinXP OS to a DomU image for use with Xen HVM. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Derek. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Jérémie Tarot
2007-Jun-18 23:40 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Converting native WinXP to DomU guest?
Hi, Derek Sherlock a écrit :> Merci Jérémie.Mon plaisir ;)> I was not aware of Clonezilla. I''ll give it a try. >Actually discovered it only a few weeks ago !> On 6/18/07, Jérémie Tarot <jeremie.tarot@free.fr> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Derek a écrit : >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I heard somewhere that there was a third-party tool available that >> > converts an existing native WinXP OS to a DomU image for use with Xen >> > HVM. >> >> I haven''t tried it yet with Xen (but soon will), but Clonezilla [1] >> could be a solution (even directly through the LAN). I''ve already >> migrated a pair of WXP installs to VMware with it. You can even find >> infos on how to modify partitionning when restoring the image. >> >> Another path could be to use the free VMware conterter [2][3] to create >> the system image, but as I''m new to Xen, I don''t know the recipe to the >> convert/use the VMware image under Xen.Just found the answer tonight :) qemu-img convert disk.vmdk disk.img>> >> PS: Being a virtualization kiddy, please correct any mistake ! >> >> [1] http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net >> [2] http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ >> [3] http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux >>Bests JT PS: replying to the list as I thought I did the first time :P _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users