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VMWare Converter

  • 30-07-2007 5:47pm
    #1
    PDD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I have recently downloaded VMWare Converter with the hope of creating a VMWare image of my old decripid Win2K PC setup so I start using my new Mac Mini but have everything to hand still. One slight problem though VMWare Converter won't recognise the OS.

    "Unable to determine Guest Operating System"

    A quick googling seems to point to an issue with external drives or the boot.ini all of which seem to be fine on my PC but still no luck. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or a workaround as to how I can create VM from the installation I have so I can run it on the Mac?

    Regards,

    Dave


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    VMWare Converter Documentation wrote:
    Source System Images
    Microsoft Windows Operating system-based only system images from Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState recovery) , Norton Ghost versions 9 or higher, Microsoft Virtual PC 7 and higher , Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) images of virtual machines
    I get the impression that you'd need a third-party program, such as Norton Ghost, to image your installation first and then use this file in VMWare Converter.


  • #3
    PDD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭PDD


    Hi Ethernet,

    I had thought about that and VMConverter needs an image from Ghost V9.0 or higher. I managed to get a hold of Ghost 12 but it told me that Win2K was an unsuported OS and I wasnt able to install it. I installed it on another XP machine I have no problem but there was no option to create a bootable CD that I could use on my Win2K machine - maybe there was something I overlooked?

    Dave


  • #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    PDD wrote:
    Hi Ethernet,

    I had thought about that and VMConverter needs an image from Ghost V9.0 or higher. I managed to get a hold of Ghost 12 but it told me that Win2K was an unsuported OS and I wasnt able to install it. I installed it on another XP machine I have no problem but there was no option to create a bootable CD that I could use on my Win2K machine - maybe there was something I overlooked?

    Dave
    Not sure, to be honest. I only started using Acronis True Image 10 in the past few days. I ghosted the HDD of a Win2k install. It allows me to create an image and create a separate, bootable CD to restore the image, i.e. no bootable CD containing image, AFAIK.


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