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Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?

To: Rob Aronson <riaronson@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] freely available vmware converter like application?
From: Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 23:20:36 +0200
Cc: Xen Users <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx>
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On So, Dez 02, 2007 at 01:03:55 -0800, Rob Aronson wrote:
> You can also use an nfs or cifs mount point on the dom0 server, basically
> anything that allows you to get to that remote file system is OK.
> 

May be I didn't understand you correctly,
but AFAIK raw access to the disk we want to export is needed. 

When copying files from FS mounted via NFS and CIFS
some information will be lost (for example information 
about disk partitioning and boot loader code).

Am I right?

> On Dec 2, 2007 11:12 AM, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to convert a physical windows system (my notebook for
> > example) to XEN HVM domU. Is it possible using some freely available  tool?
> > (just like vmware converter).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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> > Emre Erenoglu
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> 
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> 
> -- 
> Rob Aronson
> Storage, Virtualization and Orchestration Practice Manager, Novacoast
> USA

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