Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of Migrate_Windows

Timestamp:

Sep 22, 2009 9:32:42 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Frank Mehnert

Comment:

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Migrate_Windows

@@ -38 +38 @@
 VBoxManage convertfromraw ImageFile.dd OutputFile.vdi
 }}}
-   a. If you are converting from the drive, you need to use `VBoxManage stdin /dev/sdg OutPutFile.vdi NUMBEROFBYTES`.  Note, if you use `fdisk -l` in Linux you can see how many bytes each drive is to supply this parameter.  Example:
+   a. If you are converting from the drive, you need to use
+{{{
+cat /dev/sdg | VBoxManage stdin OutPutFile.vdi NUMBEROFBYTES
+}}}
+   Note, if you use `fdisk -l` in Linux you can see how many bytes each drive is to supply this parameter.  Example:
 {{{
 # fdisk -l /dev/sda
 Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
 }}}
+   To determine the same information on a Mac OS X host, you do
+{{{
+# diskutil list
+# diskutil info /dev/disk0
+}}}
+   to list available disks and to show the number of bytes under ''Total Size:''.
  1. Then use the media manager in VirtualBox to add the newly converted drive.
  1. Make a new virtual  machine, using the drive you just added with the media manager.