Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:50:38 +0200 From: Ralf Folkerts <ralf.folkerts@gmx.de> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtualization software that can use existing vista installation Message-ID: <4A32794E.8040709@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <200906120720.36404.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <200906120720.36404.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Mel Flynn wrote: > Hi, > > is there any good working virtualization software on FreeBSD that can work > with an existing Vista installation? I have a slice on my disk with ~20G of > vista, for taxes and some games. As far as skimming through virtualbox user > manual told me, it will need to install vista itself on the FreeBSD box. > > The data for partition 1 is: > sysid 7 (0x07),(NTFS, OS/2 HPFS, QNX-2 (16 bit) or Advanced UNIX) > start 63, size 50473061 (24645 Meg), flag 0 > beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; > end: cyl 1023/ head 8/ sector 44 > > Also, it would probably take me a few days to locate the original vista DVD > that came with the laptop, so I'd really like to avoid that. ;) > Of course, I'm also open to tricks that allow me to use that installation even > if it means going through the normal motions. > Hi, well, not a real solution; ~1 Year ago I used the VMWare Converter to convert my physical Windows XP Installation into a VMDK, copy that to my Linux Machine, mount that disk into VirtualBox, run a Repair-Installation - and was done. The Image uses to run fine from within VirtualBox since then. As there is a Virtual Box Port in the works now for FreeBSD - though currently a bit limited re. Network, it might come somewhat close to what you want. Please note, that I did not yet check that mentioned Image with FBSD-VBox but only use a smaller "test" Image. For the Converter see http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/ As my Experience is a bit outdated and was with an older Version of both (VBox, Converter) there is a chance that it might no longer work at all... But it might be worth a try. Cheers, _ralf_
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