[GRLUG] VSphere Converter Installer for Linux

John Wesorick john at wesorick.com
Sun Nov 16 13:53:02 EST 2014


Can't you just dd the drive to a raw disk file, then use that or convert to
whatever format you want?

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 1:21 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Trying to P2V an old Windows machine (the HW is dead), .. I recall mention
> of the VMWare Converter as the best tool. Unfortunately, v5.1 appears to
> only be available as an EXE, and the only "Linux/Open Source" code are
> actual utilities like gcc, et al.
>
> Is the Linux installer gone? I can find references to it being there in
> 4.01, .. but that is no longer available.
>
> If gone, what is the best way now to convert an old Windows XP machine?
>
>         TIA!
>
>         lee
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