http://www.osnews.com/story/17313/Convert_Physical_Windows_Systems_Into_Virtual_Machines Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:15:03 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?214637 http://osnews.com/thread?214637 That was exactly what I was looking for!

Edit: I want to use this to run Windows XP in VMWare on my existing Linux installation (OpenSuSe 10.2). Do I need to install VMWarePlayer, VMWareServer, or both?Edited 2007-02-20 11:21 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Darkelve) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214647 http://osnews.com/thread?214647 To run existing VM's all you need is Player. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jayc) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214648 http://osnews.com/thread?214648 between the screen shots, I found this:

Select Workstation 5.x, VMware Server, VMware Player for Type of virtual machine to create and click on Next:

VMWarePlayer should work fine.

Enjoy, I know I will }-]

[Edit: Forgot to close , doh!]Edited 2007-02-20 11:35 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SReilly) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214650 http://osnews.com/thread?214650 Okay, thanks.

So, let's see if I got it right: to run an existing VM -which I can make with VMWare Converter- I only need VMWare Player.

But if I want to do stuff like creating a new VMware image, say I'm installing the latest Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, then I will need the VMWare Server to do that. Does that sound right?Edited 2007-02-20 11:38 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Darkelve) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214662 http://osnews.com/thread?214662 Think I'll find this really useful for creating test environments which accurately represent my server configurations. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jonah) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214682 http://osnews.com/thread?214682 Does it work the other way? Create a Linux image to run in Windows? Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (stodge) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214695 http://osnews.com/thread?214695 Source physical machines running 64-bit Windows XP/2003, WinNT SP4+, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003

But the real question is why you would like to run linux under windows?

You can (re)build linux on the vmware/windows part but you'll need vmware workstation to create a virtual machine. They had free test-serials and would work for 30 days. Don't know if that still holds. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (linux-it) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214723 http://osnews.com/thread?214723 Could be made easier by dd'ing the partition into a file, than converting from img into vmdk with a tool from qemu package I forgot the name of.Edited 2007-02-20 14:12 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (cromo) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214763 http://osnews.com/thread?214763 Won't this be a problem with XP and its activation? Won't XP "notice" that all the hardware has changed, and then require you to re-activate XP? Just wondering, because I would like to do this with an existing XP partition. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214786 http://osnews.com/thread?214786 You can use http://www.easyvmx.com/ to create new virtual machines for use with vmware-player - one advantage of which is that player is installable in (n)ubuntu (and maintained through kernel updates) with only a simple "apt-get install vmware-player" direct from the repos.Edited 2007-02-20 17:01 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Vendor) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214822 http://osnews.com/thread?214822 Won't this be a problem with XP and its activation?

I haven't tried XP, but Windows 2003 Servers Windows 2000 Pro migrate without issue. I'll have to try an XP machine and see. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MattPie) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214827 http://osnews.com/thread?214827 "But the real question is why you would like to run linux under windows? "

Perhaps so you can try before you...err...buy.
Perhaps you have to develop for linux, but prefer Windows.
Perhaps you just want to play Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214832 http://osnews.com/thread?214832 Just to clarify, I would then be removing my existing Windows partition, as I fully understand that I would need 2 licenses if I kept both the image and the original copy.

I primarily use Free (libre) software (Ubuntu, OpenBSD, Mandriva, etc), but when I do use Non-Free software, I do follow the license. Too many people in the FOSS world make excuses for not following Non-Free licenses. Nobody is putting a "gun" to my head making me run the Non-Free software. It is very laudable to only run Free software. But if, for whatever reason, you do use a Non-Free program, please follow the license. Otherwise it makes the FOSS world look like a bunch of bums, which I do not believe to be true. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?214850 http://osnews.com/thread?214850 1. To retain some semblance of decent computing when forced into a windows-only environment.

2. To retain some privacy by keeping your personal data off their Windows installation. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (yakirz) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?215020 http://osnews.com/thread?215020 Sure, those are reasons too, but should be responding to the original poster Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments