[ale] retroactive VM images?

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Thu Jul 11 12:50:07 EDT 2013


I'll take a look.

I haven't settled on which VM tech to use, mostly because I was still
trying to make sure I could get a legit Windows image of some sort

Pete Hardie
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:

> You might have a look at XenConvert. You didn't mention what VM technology
> you were using, or if you'd picked Xen, KVM, or anything yet. We use
> XenServer (and are pleased to see it's open-sourced now!) and a colleague
> has used it successfully before. I believe the Linux Xen and XenServer
> images are compatible but I'm not 100% certain.
>
> http://www.citrix.com/go/lp/xenserver_xenconvert_free
> http://youtu.be/Y3sCu0-eYww
>
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> *From: *"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:29:23 AM
> *Subject: *[ale] retroactive VM images?
>
>
> I have a PC running XP exclusively to run WiRNS, a replacement ReplayTV
> guide provider.  I'd like to switch it over to run as a VM on my Linux box,
> but I don't have a full XP install disk for it.  Is there a way to image
> the current real install and turn it into an .iso that I can use under a VM?
>
> Pete Hardie
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