Qemu-img.exe convert foobar.hdd foobar.bin
I needed to convert the Parallels image from a raw disk format to innoteks vdi format, following the steps explained here.Īll the tools mentioned there are also available under a Windows installation of QEMU and Virtualbox. Unfortunately, the QEMU image tool qemu-img.exe repeatedly crashed while converting my Parallels Image to the vmdk format so this was a dead end for me.Īlthough the Parallels image worked fine with QEMU and later on also in our Oracle VM Server as a hw virtualized XEN machine, i was not content and i looked out for VirtualBox which is available under a GPL license without USB support which i don’t need, but is able to use Intel VT-x and AMD-V technology. Performance was quite good (at least at Parallels speed) but i guessed, there was room for more so i look for VMWare.
The most simple way to install is through OpenVPN Gui for Windows.Īfter install add a new TAP device through the startmenu entry and then, the clou: There are some howtos which recommend enable bridged networking through the Internet Connection Sharing facilities of windows but it’s much simpler than that: Under network connections, select your default LAN Connection, the tap device, right click and choose bridge networks.Īfter that, change the network mode in your QEMU vm from user networking to tap networking and you’re ready to go.
First you need the TAP-Win32 driver which is brought to you by the great OpenVPN project. Somewhat complicated is bridged networking with QEMU. I could look up the mac address in the Parallels configuration file, add this number in the QEMU config and voila, everything was up and running. Solutions: The ethxxx devices are bound to the hardware (mac) address. The only problem i had that Debian wouldn’t find my eth0 device although the Realtek 8139too module was loaded. Installation is dead simple and to my surprise, it was enough to convert my Parallels extending image with the Parallels Image Tool to a plain disk which i could use without further changes with QEMU.ĭebian is very stable against the few “hardware” changes. I recommend the QEMU Manager for Windows Users, as this thingy already contains the kqemu virtualization extension. I already knew about QEMU which in contrast to Parallels and VMWare is a processor emulator and not a virtualization tool and therefore must be slower.
In addition: I didn’t want to spend another 50$ for Parallels (i already bought versions 2 and 3 for Mac, should be enough), so i thought about alternatives on my PC running Windows XP as host.
My mac is a 2Ghz Core2Duo Mac Book with 3GB Ram, my Pc is a 2.66 Core2Duo Dell with 2GB Ram and Parallels Workstation was way slower on the PC than unter OS X. Equipt with a DVD and my image file from Parallels Desktop, i fired up the PC Version and after fiddling around with some pathes i can confirm that the Parallels Desktop 3.x vms are compatible with Parallels Workstation 2.x vms, at least a vm with a Debian OS inside.īut to me, performance was poor. So i downloaded a copy of Parallels Workstation to install it on my PC at work. Recently Dell had some very convenient offers on their PowerEdge machines and i could barely resist to buy one, but finally, i managed to: cut the crap, i don’t want to have even more boxes standing around at home.īut i was thinking again: Whats better than one backup? Redundant backups ?
For backup and testing purpose i keep a virtualized version of my webserver running under Parallels Desktop for Mac on my mac.