On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 08:13:16AM +0200, Mirco Piccin wrote: > HI > > >> I'm seriously thinking to switch to virtualbox ose... > > > > me too but my image will not boot in VB, I have taken a copy of the boot > > disks to see what I can do, but I am not hopeful - its a W2000 server > > image. This is the exact reason I want to move to VB from vmware > > I also need to work with win2k (server). > It's possible to install a fresh win2k os using virtual box, but there > are also some ways to clone your existent vmware win2k machine. > You can use Clonezilla, or Mondo, or converting .vmdk to .vdi ....or > something else. > > Example: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/HowTo/Switching_From_VMWare_To_VirtualBox:_.vmdk_To_.vdi_Using_Qemu_+_VdiTool yes I have gone down this path, there is something in my build that makes it stop at mud.sys ..... > > > I suspect that VirtualBox may require a fork > > VirtualBox is released also in a OpenSource version: > virtual box ose > > Of course a fork is possible, but i don't think that it's required - > not for now. > > Regards > M > > -- "Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable." -- Robert G. Ingersoll
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