im not fully familiar with P2V for virtualbox, however the only time i did a P2V using the VMware converter it required a 3rd machine to do the work. and image directly to the server. however what you can do, and maybe a good idea anyhow is use something like clonezilla to make an image of that partition and then restore it into the virtual machine and run a repair install? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have a dual boot machine with two physical drives - Windows XP Pro and > Debian testing. I need to replace the Windows drive with another drive to > add more space to the Debian drive. Instead of just chucking the Windows > drive drive (only 40GB and the machine only has space for two hard drives), > I thought I would virtualize it and run it in virtualbox on the Debian > machine. I am having no success in (1) finding a lot of information on how > to do this and (2) actually accomplishing the task. > > I have tried using vmware vcenter converter 4.0.1. I have the client running > on one Linux machine (hammerhead), the Windows source on another (basenji), > and the destination folder is a windows share on a third machine (goofy). > After struggling to get it to run, it dies within a minute with an error: > > FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: > 2147754758 (0x80042306). > > It is able to find the client and source folder with no issues. Googling the > error code and message did not give me any good results. I had one warning > on the config setup screen - "Unable to locate the required Sysprep files. > Please upload them under /var/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone/sysprep/xp > on the Converter server machine." I found the .cab on the Microsoft site and > put it in the required location, but I still get that warning. > > My questions - > > 1. Anyone know how to get VMware converter to work? My assumption, after > some reading, is that virtualbox will be able to import the output from > vmware converter. > > 2. Other suggestions for recipes to virtualize a physical Windows XP drive? > > Thanks! > > Mark > > P.S. The other reason I want to make this work, is that I have a new laptop > with Windows 7. I planto install Debian and virtualize the Windows 7 > partition and get rid of the dual boot. This excercise with the Windows XP > drive is my test bed to see how to make it work. I am not sure if there are > any extra gotchas to virtualizing Windows 7. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss