<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Does Win2k pro count? I used WinImage to move win2k from a hdd from a dead box and saved it as a VDI for Vbox.<div>I had to remove some old drivers that were getting confused on startup, other than that it wasn't too bad. <br><br>"This is only temporary ... unless it works." - Red Green<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 3/31/10, Matthew Nuzum <i><newz@bearfruit.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Matthew Nuzum <newz@bearfruit.org><br>Subject: Re: [Cialug] W2K Server P2V on VBox<br>To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug@cialug.org><br>Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 11:07 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">My friend did this exact thing and is now running his win2k app on a<br>free VMWare server. At the time (maybe now, maybe not) there was
a<br>free migration tool that did it all for him.<br><br>On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Dave Weis <<a ymailto="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com" href="/mc/compose?to=djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Can you use vmware instead of vbox? Their p2v will fix the hal and the drivers en route to the VM.<br>><br>> --<br>> Dave Weis<br>> 515-224-9229<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com" href="/mc/compose?to=djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a><br>> <a href="http://www.internetsolver.com/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsolver.com/</a><br>> Please check out our Complete Support Service<br>> <a href="http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/</a><br>><br>><br>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org"
href="/mc/compose?to=cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a><br>>> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" href="/mc/compose?to=cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On Behalf Of L. V. Lammert<br>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:18 AM<br>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>>> Subject: [Cialug] W2K Server P2V on VBox<br>>><br>>> We need to replace a W2K server for a client, and it appears<br>>> that VBox might be a good solution (run the old W2K Server<br>>> image in a VM).<br>>><br>>> Unfortunately, the available notes seem to be oriented<br>>> towards a desktop migration (e.g. trashing the current system<br>>> by changing HAL drivers before copying the drive thereby<br>>> rendering the original system nonfunctional).<br>>><br>>> Might anyone have some experience with a successful<br>>> migration?
Especially copying off the OS & creating a working<br>>> VM from it while the original system is still viable?<br>>><br>>> TIA,<br>>><br>>> Lee<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Cialug mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</a><br>>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cialug mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" target="_blank">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</a><br>><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin,
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