I am using bare metal - but need to import from the PC HD
Submitted by marc ellis on November 27, 2006 - 9:01am.
After making the bare metal drive I am unable to see it on Windows XP to copy VMX files to it.
If I boot into the drive the only way that I seem to be able to import is via a URL.
Is using a URL the only way to get a VMX/VMDK onto the bare metal drive?
You will need to mount your Windows XP
You will need to mount your Windows XP partition.
Press F5 to bring up an xterm. You will need to find your Windows XP partition. Type "fdisk /dev/hda" and look for the partition labelled "HPFS/NTFS". (If you don't see it or it doesn't work, you can also try "fdisk /dev/sda" if you have certain SATA controllers.) Once you find your NTFS partition, for example "/dev/hda1", type "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt". Now the files on your Windows XP partition are available at "/mnt".
Be sure to shut down your machine cleanly after this and/or type "umount /mnt" to cleanly unmount your Windows partition.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
-John