VM setup from dual boot

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 07:58 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 13 May 2011 06:46, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to get from where I am -- dual boot with
> > a full XP install on sdb1 -- to a usable VM system? All the
> > instructions I find assume you build the VM first, then put
> > an OS on it.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical-to-Virtual

Ooh! Oooh! That's just what I want!

Well, almost.

Has anyone used these instructions to virtualise a physical Ubuntu
machine?

> My co-worker has done this with his work PC, converting it to a VM
> inside his Ubuntu laptop. Works very well. I think he used the vmware
> tools to do it, but actually runs the resulting image in VirtualBox.

I looked at those, but I got the impression you need a full VMWare
installed and running to go that path.

Regards, K.

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