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

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Stephen,

I know of a couple of school technicians near us that are using this. I hope
to get them together for a meeting. Our version of ghost is getting quite
old in the tooth and doesnt always work. I am keen to see if a move to using
Clonezilla will be sufficient for our needs. Might organise a demonstration
workshop one Monday evening soon.

Regards Roland

2009/6/13 Stephen Bloomer <sbloomer at stpeters.vic.edu.au>

> 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
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> 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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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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