Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2021-01-05 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
On 17/12/2020 21:55, PeterMerchant wrote: > On 17/12/2020 16:34, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've had enough of VirtualBox's glitchiness, so I'm going to move as >> many of my VMs to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager as possible. This should >> also be more performant, or so I hear. >>

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2020-12-17 Thread PeterMerchant
On 17/12/2020 16:34, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: Hi all, I've had enough of VirtualBox's glitchiness, so I'm going to move as many of my VMs to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager as possible. This should also be more performant, or so I hear. I've done this before with Linux VMs and it's fairly easy,

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2020-12-17 Thread Stephen Wolff
>>> a way to move an activated Windows >>> install without deactivating it? Mine is an OEM copy >> You cannot (officially, at least) move OEM Windows to any other device. > > Yeah, I know, but it'll be running on the same bare metal, and I paid > for it, so I think it's a reasonable thing to ask in

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2020-12-17 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
On 17/12/2020 16:38, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:34:22 +, hamis...@live.co.uk said: > >> a way to move an activated Windows >> install without deactivating it? Mine is an OEM copy > You cannot (officially, at least) move OEM Windows to any other device. Yeah, I know, but it'l

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2020-12-17 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:34:22 +, hamis...@live.co.uk said: > a way to move an activated Windows > install without deactivating it? Mine is an OEM copy You cannot (officially, at least) move OEM Windows to any other device. -- Linux Tips: https://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/category/techtips

[Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

2020-12-17 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
Hi all, I've had enough of VirtualBox's glitchiness, so I'm going to move as many of my VMs to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager as possible. This should also be more performant, or so I hear. I've done this before with Linux VMs and it's fairly easy, but I was wondering if anyone has heard of a way to