[vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, What will be the easy way converting KVM (qcow2) to VirtualBox (vdi)? Can VMDK format (VMWare) works on VirtualBox ? TIA B.R. Stephen L Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ vbox-users mailing list

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Karthik Balaguru
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > What will be the easy way converting KVM (qcow2) to VirtualBox (vdi)? > > Can VMDK format (VMWare) works on VirtualBox ? > Your question sounds similar to trying to open Windows Visio drawings file in OOo Draw . That is, if vmdk

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Stephen Liu
B.R. Stephen L From: Karthik Balaguru To: Stephen Liu ; vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:10:18 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > What wi

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Matthias Pfützner
h qemu-img B.R. Stephen L --- From: Karthik Balaguru To: Stephen Liu ; vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:10:18 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, What will be the easy way

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Stephen Liu
_ From: Matthias Pfützner To: sati...@yahoo.com Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:54:48 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox Qemu-img should be part of vbox, and should be documented in the vbox user guide... Still, you might encounter diffic

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Matthias Pfützner
real hardware... Matthias B.R. Stephen --- From: Matthias Pfützner To: sati...@yahoo.com Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:54:48 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox Qemu-img should be part of vbox, and should be documented in the v

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-20 Thread Stephen Liu
zation, that doesn't abstract the hardware (like KVM), but simply manages (limits, controls) access to the real hardware... Matthias > B.R. > Stephen > > > > > ------- > From: Matthias Pfützner > To: sati...@yahoo.com > Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org &g

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-21 Thread Matthias Pfützner
running physical box as VM.  Personally I prefer clean installation. B.R. Stephen --- From: Matthias Pfützner To: sati...@yahoo.com Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 9:54:55 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox -Ursprüngliche Nachricht

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-21 Thread Stephen Liu
h thanks. My purpose to convert KVM VM to VBox VM is solely > to learn this technique. Particularly I'm interested to learn dumping a > running physical box as VM. Personally I prefer clean installation. > > B.R. > Stephen > > > ----------- > From: Matthias Pfütz

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-22 Thread Klaus Espenlaub
earching how to make it with qemu-img B.R. Stephen L --- From: Karthik Balaguru To: Stephen Liu ; vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sat, February 20, 2010 6:10:18 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, W

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
n this mailing list? If you want to reach the users of the forum as well as the readers of this mailinglist, then, yes, you need to repeat it here... Matthias B.R. Stephen --- From: Matthias Pfützner To: sati...@yahoo.com Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-23 Thread Stephen Liu
at will happen. B.R. Stephen From: Matthias Pfützner To: sati...@yahoo.com Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 4:17:06 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox Stephen, -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Stephen

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-23 Thread Stephen Liu
010 8:40:39 PM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox Matthias Pfützner wrote: > Qemu-img should be part of vbox, and should be documented in the vbox user > guide... Not really sure if I agree on this. qemu-img might be able to read/write more formats, however back in the days wh

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-23 Thread Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field Technologis t - Systems Infrastructure Ambassador - Solution Architect
reinstall KVM but making it not started at boot to check what will > happen. > > > B.R. > Stephen > > > > > > > > From: Matthias Pfützner > To: sati...@yahoo.com > Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org > Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 4:17:06 AM >

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-23 Thread Johannes Kastl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23.02.2010 11:48 Uhr Stephen Liu wrote: > Ah, a further thought. My previous concept is if the VM on KVM is inactive > the latter is considered as NOT running. This may not be true. Im not sure, but I think this is a feature only newer kernels

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-23 Thread Stephen Liu
ot; How to stop it running at booting? Or stop it after booting running; $ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop ? TIA B.R. Stephen L From: Johannes Kastl To: vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 4:28:28 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM t

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-24 Thread Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field Technologis t - Systems Infrastructure Ambassador - Solution Architect
You (Stephen Liu) wrote: > How to stop it running at booting? Or stop it after booting running; > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop > ? Yes, that would be it! > TIA > > B.R. > Stephen L -- *** Matthias Pfützner Principal Fie

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-24 Thread Stephen Liu
@virtualbox.org Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 6:38:05 PM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox You (Stephen Liu) wrote: > How to stop it running at booting? Or stop it after booting running; > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop > ? Yes, that would be it!

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-24 Thread Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field Technologis t - Systems Infrastructure Ambassador - Solution Architect
... Matthias > B.R. > Stephen L > > > > > > From: Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field Technologist - Systems Infr > > To: Stephen Liu > Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org > Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 6:38:05 PM > S

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-24 Thread Stephen Liu
: matthias.pfuetz...@sun.com; vbox-users@virtualbox.org Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 10:53:01 PM Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox Stephen, You (Stephen Liu) wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > > >> $ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv stop > >> ? > > > Yes, that

Re: [vbox-users] Convert KVM to VirtualBox

2010-02-25 Thread Johannes Kastl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23.02.2010 21:28 Uhr Johannes Kastl wrote: > On 23.02.2010 11:48 Uhr Stephen Liu wrote: > >> Ah, a further thought. My previous concept is if the VM on KVM is inactive >> the latter is considered as NOT running. This may not be true. > > Im not