On 04/02/2010 01:46 PM, Javier Perez wrote: > Hi > I am sorry if it has been asked before, but could not come up with the > search terms to look it and I have not seen discussed on the WIKIs > > I am totally noob to virtualization and I was planning to start > learning myself. > I have a dual boot system (FC12, Win2k SP4). > > My question is ,If I want to convert it to a virtualized system, FC12 > as the host system, win2k as a guest OS, do I have to > reformat my HD, reinstall FC12, and then install win2k, or can I just > install yum install the virtual parts for kvm and have it start as a guest > the already isntalled win2k ? Most of your questions have been answered. Neither KVM nor Virtualbox will run windows installed in an existing partition (AFAIK), BUT you can do a PtoV on your Windows 2K system. Probably the best way to do this is to download the VMWare PtoV tool http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/. This generates a VMWare vmdk file, but both KVM (QEMU) and Virtualbox have tools to convert this to native formats. Also, note that Virtualbox has instructions on how to convert physical to virtual on their web site, but I would recommend the free VMWare tool. The way virtual machine managers work is that they create a container file that represent a virtual hard drive. This file sits somewhere on your Linux file system. For my laptop, I have them on a 160GB USB drive. Once you have Win2K installed under KVM or Virtualbox, you can free up that partition to use for your Linux system. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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