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| author | http://draculus.myopenid.com/ <draculus@web> | 2011-10-19 23:40:32 +0200 |
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| committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2011-10-19 23:40:32 +0200 |
| commit | fce334bd33d12961a051e9d151543eb7ab132ac3 (patch) | |
| tree | f292baddb0b57953740595e83733f16793b125af /hurd | |
| parent | 080e7638c9c1b626b041594ca774bf4a7de4301f (diff) | |
added section about converting images
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diff --git a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn index 0731b8d6..d9be09f2 100644 --- a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn @@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ The network controller should be configured as PCnet-PCI II or PCNet-FAST III for instance. INTEL PRO or Paravirtualized Network do not work. +## Converting from qemu image + +It is possible to convert qemu raw image to one of the formats recognized by VirtualBox, namely vdi format. + +If you are not sure if the image is a raw format, use qemu to get the information: + + qemu-img info debian-hurd-original.img + +To convert the image you need the VirtualBox package properly installed with a VBoxManage tool (which is part of the package). Convert image from raw to vdi: + + VBoxManage convertfromraw debian-hurd-original.img debian-hurd-converted.vdi --format VDI + + # Performance If [[QEMU with KVM|qemu]] is not available, VirtualBox reportedly has better |