Virtualising a physical machine

[Ron Fish]

On 03/03/2013 09:53 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 20:40 -0600, Ron Fish wrote:
>> Clonezilla does it great....just clone the existing physical server,
>> then create a new vm in Vbox, set the clonezilla ISO as the boot cd, and
>> pull the image right onto the VDI of the new virt machine.
> That sounds very nice - but what exactly does "clone the existing
> physical server" mean? And "insert the Clonezilla ISO" may be
> problematical when I need at least three DVDs or at least 15 CDs to
> store the physical server's disk...
>
> Not saying it's not possible, just that there are a couple of steps in
> there that look a bit like "magic happens" and I'd like to be clear on
> what they are!
>
> Regards, K.
>
can you network them together either with switch or crossover cable?