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diff --git a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn index 0731b8d6..f57fcbc3 100644 --- a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn @@ -22,7 +22,25 @@ 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 performance. + +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-31: + + <youpi> I don't know what virtualbox does with hardware emulation, but + gnumach is awfully slow to probe things there |