[Opensource] Cloning from a PC to a Virtual Box VM

[Stephen Bloomer]

Thanks for the information.  We don't like spending money on things that don't have a direct advantage to students education and this is clearly one area that we can save.
 
Stephen Bloomer
sbloomer at stpeters.vic.edu.au
Network Manager
St. Peter's College
Cranbourne-Frankston Road
Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3977
Phone  +61 3 5996 6733
Fax      +61 3 5996 8277

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From: opensource-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Daniel Stefyn
Sent: Sat 13/06/2009 7:22 PM
To: Open Source Software Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Opensource] Cloning from a PC to a Virtual Box VM


There are several schools in the South Eastern and Eastern regions that have implemented this solution and have been using it with very good results. A similar setup was used in some of the adventist schools in the past but I'm not sure if this is still in use since the technician there moved on to other work.

There is likely to be a demonstration of CloneZilla/DRBL at Westall Secondary College later next term as part of an open source series of workshops.

I am happy to provide more information on the workshops to any interested parties as the planning is finalised, or I can provide a technical contact for the schools who have developed the solution nearby. Ghost can be expensive so there is definitely a cost saving in doing things this way.

Regards,
Daniel


On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Stephen Bloomer <sbloomer at stpeters.vic.edu.au> wrote:


	Just wondering, is anyone using Clonezilla to image Windows computers in a school?  I was about to spend big money on a ghost style solution and would prefer to spend the money on hardware.
	
	Stephen Bloomer
	sbloomer at stpeters.vic.edu.au
	Network Manager
	St. Peter's College
	Cranbourne-Frankston Road
	Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3977
	Phone  +61 3 5996 6733
	Fax      +61 3 5996 8277
	
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	From: opensource-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
	Sent: Sat 13/06/2009 5:25 PM
	To: Open Source Software Mailing List
	Subject: [Opensource] Cloning from a PC to a Virtual Box VM
	


	My technician Luke and I made several updates to the Windows XP image that we deploy on our iMac computers. This included the following  software tweaks:
	
	
	*       Updated Sun Open Office and installed an addon that removes the registration nag screen for new users.
	
	*       Installed Sun Virtual Box
	*       Still need to add Sun patch to Office2003 to enable it to read Open Document files
	
	
	Luke reflected that it would be great if we could just clone this partition and somehow copy it to Virtual Box to save us having to rebuild it from scratch for the Macbook laptop users who are using Virtual Box to access Windows XP (such as me)  .. not everybody is running a dual boot. I just did some research on the web and discovered this page that describes how it could be done between Virtual box VMs using Clonezilla. I think it could be adapted to help copy from a physical dive to a VM.
	    http://marcosaruj.com/archives/116
	
	I would like to revisit this again and welcome your ideas and suggestions how we could best achieve this.
	
	Regards Roland
	
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