[TriLUG] vmware physiacal disk importing

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

What I was considering doing ...was making a backup using Acronis True
Image Server, restoring it to a "VMWare" image, then using Windows XP's
cd to perform a "repair"... 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Phelps
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:19 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: [TriLUG] vmware physiacal disk importing

Since Vmware Server has become free as in beer, I have been a user and
fascinated with virtualization.

What is the simplest way to import a physical disk into a vmware virtual
machine?  I don't see any software programs out there that does this
easily.

According to Vmware Importer page:
"Create VMware virtual machines from third-party system images such as
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly known as Livestate) and
Microsoft Virtual Server."

So maybe using a Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery? Or is there an
easier way.

I would like to import 2 installs, one is my XP Home laptop and the
other is a Slackware Linux box.

Anyone out there with experience in this realm?

Thanks

-Brian
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