Re: copy debian form vmware to real pc

[Thibaut Paumard <paumard@users.sourceforge.net>]

Le vendredi 08 septembre 2006 à 17:09 +0800, Yuwen Dai a écrit :
> On 9/8/06, Yang <winglion1@163.com> wrote:
>                   I want to copy the debian system form a vmware to
>         real pc! what should be done to make the copyed system work?
> 
> My suggestion:
> 1. boot the vmware using a Ghost CD-ROM, backup the partitions of
> Linux. Then restore it to a real Linux. 
> 
> 2. Usd 'dd' or 'tar' comand backup the partition by yourself, then
> restore them to a real Linux.

Is this going to take care of the boot sector? With dd certainly, with
tar, no. In any case, one would still have to activate the right
partition.

So for booting the first time I would create a grub boot disk, and boot
manually. Once in the system, install grub for real.

T.