I have used linux a fair amount, and also created valid windows installs using install media. Now I'd like to try importing a dd image and using that as my windows vm disk.
The .raw file is quite large so clearly, we don't want to copy that to the vm server- but I can convert it using qemu-img:
https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/convert-images.html
I have created a 'blank' windows VM but not sure the next steps to create the disk in the vm back end in the appropriate way. So far I've only been using the gui for the most part to import and work with VMs, and don't want to muss things up too much.
Getting the file down to a 'reasonable' size is the first priority, and then of course, getting the image into a bootable state.
Any help will be appreciated! This is a clean image from a factory installed workstation I'm attempting to boot first as a virtual machine.
The .raw file is quite large so clearly, we don't want to copy that to the vm server- but I can convert it using qemu-img:
https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/convert-images.html
I have created a 'blank' windows VM but not sure the next steps to create the disk in the vm back end in the appropriate way. So far I've only been using the gui for the most part to import and work with VMs, and don't want to muss things up too much.
Getting the file down to a 'reasonable' size is the first priority, and then of course, getting the image into a bootable state.
Any help will be appreciated! This is a clean image from a factory installed workstation I'm attempting to boot first as a virtual machine.