Use Clonezilla to Create a VM
Category Administration Open Source
I love Clonezilla, and have found it an extraordinarily useful tool for creating image backups and restores. It works on every Windows OS I've tried (Win95, Win98, Millenium, XP, and, yes, Vista). It works on Mac's, and it's absolutely amazing on Linux file systems (even handling LVMs with grace).
What a great surprise to read Ting Li's write-up on using Clonezilla to create a VM image. Terrific idea, and I'm looking forward to trying out her suggestion. I'd like to add a comment, though, to the conversation. Before cloning a Windows system, be sure to prep it by running the defrag, followed by a chkdsk. Windows NTFS can be fussy, and I've found that by adding these two steps, I've achieved 100% success with Clonezilla.
I'm also wondering if I can repeat the technique for Sun's VirtualBox.
Technorati Tags: Clonezilla, Ting Li, VMWare
I love Clonezilla, and have found it an extraordinarily useful tool for creating image backups and restores. It works on every Windows OS I've tried (Win95, Win98, Millenium, XP, and, yes, Vista). It works on Mac's, and it's absolutely amazing on Linux file systems (even handling LVMs with grace).
What a great surprise to read Ting Li's write-up on using Clonezilla to create a VM image. Terrific idea, and I'm looking forward to trying out her suggestion. I'd like to add a comment, though, to the conversation. Before cloning a Windows system, be sure to prep it by running the defrag, followed by a chkdsk. Windows NTFS can be fussy, and I've found that by adding these two steps, I've achieved 100% success with Clonezilla.
I'm also wondering if I can repeat the technique for Sun's VirtualBox.
Technorati Tags: Clonezilla, Ting Li, VMWare
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