Re: [Xen-users] Converting native WinXP to DomU guest?

Jérémie Tarot
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:40:27 -0000

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