* Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay
@ 2011-10-20 22:13 99% ` Stefan G. Weichinger
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From: Stefan G. Weichinger @ 2011-10-20 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user; +Cc: Mark Knecht
Am 20.10.2011 18:47, schrieb Mark Knecht:
> The following is more for my own to do list. Feel free to respond if
> you know of a good Gentoo oriented web page for using KVM.
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KVM
?
> - I believe I've read that somehow I can convert my VMware Player
> image to something that KVM runs directly. Is that correct? If so I
> can move there pretty quickly, at least in terms of a simple test.
KVM is able to use (some versions) of vmdk-files, yes.
Converting images is also possible, for examples see:
http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/convert-vmware-vmdk-to-kvm-qcow2-or-virtualbox-vdi/
> - I suppose there's a bunch of kernel config I need to do first, as
> well as emerge some sort of KVM apps?
See mentioned wiki-page for a start.
Stefan
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