Recrystallization Lab Report

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Recrystallization Lab Report

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A little about the conversion of an image to virtualbox vmware image *. so *. vdi to vmdk (vdi format disk virtualbox and virtualbox vmdk disk format).

For what?

Well, I turn in nux, and I wanted to install windows xp with vmware player (3.1) which allows image creation and is free.

Except that vmware detects and activates the windows easy to install, so it automatically changes the key of windows with a temporary, requiring a key to return later to activate it.

And I have no key, I have a windows xp cd version that came with my dell (optional, must pay ...), but the cd in question cheat is made in Dell and works on the Dell, so it's not happening in virtualization.

So I bought a windows xp mkex64 4.8, the dealer PirateBay (free version), the key is integrated.
short ducoup I installed it on virtuabox not that I care less for their temporary key, impeccable and it works except that I prefer vmware for utilities in the machine and in general (drag & drop management, 3D, sound management, USB memory dynamically allocated to the max threshold configuration, etc.)

Well I go to install windows in virtualbox, so we have a vdi disk, and we will go into vmdk before continuing you should know that the conversion will not make a disk image of the space used in the machine, it will make the virtual disk size, ie in virtualbox if you choose a disk to dynamic image of 40GB (your
We spend our image in windows disk vdi vmdk cousin.

For that is fast virtualbox offers a tool VBoxManage very well done, you can convert raw to vmdk to vdi to vhd or other (vhd format is Microsoft, and raw is bein gross)
A raw conversion can be worn on any machine on the way, if you want to work in virtualization and get the image on another hard drive or is this option that it will do, then a shot to put the SD image is good and presto, one can also imagine the rental a server that does not an OS that you want, just need a system rescue with dd and it's good.

Well you must look vdi disk image of your virtual machine to convert, under ubuntu with a virtuabox of deposits and a default configuration is here:

~ / .VirtualBox / harddisk / wind.vdi
(if not the), run this:

find ~ /-name *. vdi - print

Then it moves into the directory
cd ~ / .VirtualBox / harddisk /
and converted:

VBoxManage clonehd wind.vdi - ranging Split2G - VMDK format winy.vmdk

clonehd = disk copy

wind.vdi
= convert my hard virtualbox has

- ranging Split2G

= file final cut in pieces 2GB (important in some cases, like if you want to move the new drive in FAT32, you can not if your image is pus 4GB)

- format =

VMDK disk format selection utiisé by vmware

winy.vmdk

= the name of my new backup disk compatible vmware

So if you have a 5GB disk to convert it's very fast, but it was not finished.

Now we prepare our configuration in vmware player (so create a new machine)

is clear that we will install plustard:

After you railing made the classic stuff (all by default is good) the last step we can customize the hardware, so we fit in, set the max memory, so the number of CPUs (
does not remove the optical drive it useful to install VMware Tools, even if you have not physical drive)
Save, exit and return to the configuration , you must have an HD in it because you have previously completed the conf and the image is created. Please add
(bottom most marked with add), is selected as the HD mega screenshot:

The states that we will use an existing drive
, bein yeah that one we just convert vmdk:) ...

We select our vmdk disk image (the shortest name), so our image is in the folder in virtualbox, you may be moving in that disk vmdk vmware, c ' voyer is you who is just more logical and easier if you make backups

It is his history of compatibility for future SHIFT vmware

Then we remove

our first album (the one vmware created during installation, the disk is empty and useless)