Emre Erenoglu
2007-Dec-02 19:12 UTC
[Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
Hi, I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available tool? (just like vmware converter). Thanks, -- Emre Erenoglu erenoglu@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Riccardo Veraldi
2007-Dec-02 19:33 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
you could use dd+netcat and you cna clone anything. start with a linux live CD on the PC where you have windows installed. OR just attach the windows disk to a linux PC then prepare another Linux machine (your dom0) on the network a file where you will host your windows HVM virtualized system. use dd to read the windows partition (for example /dev/hda) and with netcat you just inject the dd read bytes to your linux machine (dom0) with a netcat server listening and redirect it into a file that will become at the end your Windows boot image file. I did not try it yet but I plan to do it soon. Rick Emre Erenoglu ha scritto:> Hi, > > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available > tool? (just like vmware converter). > > Thanks, > > -- > Emre Erenoglu > erenoglu@gmail.com <mailto:erenoglu@gmail.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Rob Aronson
2007-Dec-02 21:03 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
You can also use an nfs or cifs mount point on the dom0 server, basically anything that allows you to get to that remote file system is OK. On Dec 2, 2007 11:12 AM, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available tool? > (just like vmware converter). > > Thanks, > > -- > Emre Erenoglu > erenoglu@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Rob Aronson Storage, Virtualization and Orchestration Practice Manager, Novacoast USA _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Igor Chubin
2007-Dec-02 21:06 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
On So, Dez 02, 2007 at 08:33:41 +0100, Riccardo Veraldi wrote:> > you could use dd+netcat and you cna clone anything. >Also you can export disk of the installed system via AoE (or something similar). Here is the page [1] (its is Russian, but commands and configs can be read), that describes how to boot the old system via PXE (of course you can use Live CD too), export its disk via AoE and run in the HVM domain on the Xen system. (Also you may also copy disk via dd and even via cat.) [1] http://xgu.ru/wiki/Xen/export> start with a linux live CD on the PC where you have windows installed. > OR just attach the windows disk to a linux PC then prepare another Linux > machine (your dom0) > on the network a file where you will host your windows HVM virtualized > system. > > use dd to read the windows partition (for example /dev/hda) and with netcat > you just > inject the dd read bytes to your linux machine (dom0) with a netcat server > listening and redirect it > into a file that will become at the end your Windows boot image file. > > I did not try it yet but I plan to do it soon. > > > Rick > > Emre Erenoglu ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for >> example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available >> tool? (just like vmware converter). >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Emre Erenoglu >> erenoglu@gmail.com <mailto:erenoglu@gmail.com> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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-- WBR, i.m.chubin _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Emre Erenoglu
2007-Dec-02 21:16 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
Hi. thanks a lot for all the answers. Sure, I can use a boot cd and dd, but I was looking for a more intuitive method. Besides, what happends to Windows when the underlying system architecture changes? will it BSOD during bootup due to HDD controller change? Emre On Dec 2, 2007 10:03 PM, Rob Aronson <riaronson@gmail.com> wrote:> You can also use an nfs or cifs mount point on the dom0 server, basically > anything that allows you to get to that remote file system is OK. > > On Dec 2, 2007 11:12 AM, Emre Erenoglu < erenoglu@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for > > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available tool? > > (just like vmware converter). > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Emre Erenoglu > > erenoglu@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Rob Aronson > Storage, Virtualization and Orchestration Practice Manager, Novacoast > USA-- Emre Erenoglu erenoglu@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Igor Chubin
2007-Dec-02 21:20 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
On So, Dez 02, 2007 at 01:03:55 -0800, Rob Aronson wrote:> You can also use an nfs or cifs mount point on the dom0 server, basically > anything that allows you to get to that remote file system is OK. >May be I didn''t understand you correctly, but AFAIK raw access to the disk we want to export is needed. When copying files from FS mounted via NFS and CIFS some information will be lost (for example information about disk partitioning and boot loader code). Am I right?> On Dec 2, 2007 11:12 AM, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for > > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available tool? > > (just like vmware converter). > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Emre Erenoglu > > erenoglu@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Rob Aronson > Storage, Virtualization and Orchestration Practice Manager, Novacoast > USA> _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- WBR, i.m.chubin _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Igor Chubin
2007-Dec-02 21:29 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
On So, Dez 02, 2007 at 10:16:13 +0100, Emre Erenoglu wrote:> Hi. thanks a lot for all the answers. > > Sure, I can use a boot cd and dd, but I was looking for a more intuitive > method.# mount -t cifs //xenhost/dir /mnt # cat /dev/hda > /mnt/exported-fs.img after you have booted notebook from LiveCD, what can be more intuitive? ;)> > Besides, what happends to Windows when the underlying system architecture > changes? will it BSOD during bootup due to HDD controller change?You can use sysprep.exe utility, which allows prepare Windows OS to hardware change.> > Emre > > On Dec 2, 2007 10:03 PM, Rob Aronson <riaronson@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You can also use an nfs or cifs mount point on the dom0 server, basically > > anything that allows you to get to that remote file system is OK. > > > > On Dec 2, 2007 11:12 AM, Emre Erenoglu < erenoglu@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for > > > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available tool? > > > (just like vmware converter). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > Emre Erenoglu > > > erenoglu@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-users mailing list > > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rob Aronson > > Storage, Virtualization and Orchestration Practice Manager, Novacoast > > USA > > > > > -- > Emre Erenoglu > erenoglu@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- WBR, i.m.chubin _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users