[Cialug] VSphere Converter Installer for Linux

[kristau]

Did you try installing the VMware Tools *before* performing the dd
operation? That might help. . .

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 1:36 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, kristau wrote:
>
> > I don't recall there ever being a VMware Converter for Linux. You can
> > convert Linux systems with it, but I don't believe you can install the
> > converter on Linux. If there was a linux-installable Converter ages ago,
> I
> > doubt it is still available.
> >
> It was still there with 4.0.1, .. but there is nothing for 5.1.
>
> > Your best bet may be to perform a dd dump of the hard disk from the old
> > hardware, then dd that image into a newly created VM with a virtual disk
> of
> > the appropriate size. The XP OS will freak out because all of this
> hardware
> > changed so you will need your license key to re-apply it.
> >
> Tried that years ago, just did not work. Windows has to be 'coerced'
> before the conversion into dropping the hw specific drivers.
>
>         Lee
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