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Dave Nadler
Flightless Bird
Re: Linux along with Windows booted from USB Stick (Co-existence ofLinux & Windows)
On Jan 5, 6:17 pm, Dave Nadler <d...@nadler.com> wrote:
> On Jan 5, 3:56 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
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> > On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:18:07 -0500, Dave Nadler <d...@nadler.com> wrote:
> > > Can any of you guys recommend a utility to snapshot an existing XP
> > > machine into a VM image, where the utility is run on the existing XP
> > > machine ?
>
> > I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required. You
> > cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated by the
> > running xp system.
>
> > If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and what
> > hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be found.
>
> > Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
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Sorry, keyboard misfire...
There are a number of utilities that can do this.
I was hoping for recommendations. I have Acronis
(which can do this) but it wants a license for each
machine. Other utilities don't seem to be reliable...
I'm going to try VMconverter and qemu-img, we'll see.
Best Regards, Dave
On Jan 5, 6:17 pm, Dave Nadler <d...@nadler.com> wrote:
> On Jan 5, 3:56 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:18:07 -0500, Dave Nadler <d...@nadler.com> wrote:
> > > Can any of you guys recommend a utility to snapshot an existing XP
> > > machine into a VM image, where the utility is run on the existing XP
> > > machine ?
>
> > I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required. You
> > cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated by the
> > running xp system.
>
> > If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and what
> > hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be found.
>
> > Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
> > --
> > Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email.
> > (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for
> > use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
>
Sorry, keyboard misfire...
There are a number of utilities that can do this.
I was hoping for recommendations. I have Acronis
(which can do this) but it wants a license for each
machine. Other utilities don't seem to be reliable...
I'm going to try VMconverter and qemu-img, we'll see.
Best Regards, Dave