Disk2vhd

Windows Sysinternals: Disk2vhd

"Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online."

VHD Mount without Virtual Server

VMblog.com: VHD Mount without Virtual Server

VirtualBox

This weekend I'm going to check out VirtualBox:

"VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)."

I'll probably start with these simple instructions: Using VirtualBox to run Linux from within Windows.

I also plan to check out the VMKnoppix live CD.

(As if I need more stuff to do;)

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I've been using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and notice a lot of similarities between it and VirtualBox. Maybe that's because they share a common ancestry. Virtual PC was originally developed by Connectix and was later sold to Microsoft (see Microsoft Virtual PC: Version History). VirtualBox came from Innotek which, before being acquired by Sun Microsystems, worked with Connectix on Virtual PC technology.

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Rich Green: On Snowglobes, xVM and Freedom

Virtual Steve: Weblog: This Isn't Your Dad's Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Notes from updating Virtual PC 2007 to SP1:

Download: VPC 2007 SP1

Q: Which version is installed?

A: Product version shows in Virtual PC Console / Help / About Virtual PC...

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007: 6.0.156.0

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1: 6.0.192.0

COLUG Meeting - March 2008

I attended the The Central Ohio Linux User Group meeting yesterday. Rick German from Stoneware gave a presentation on their WebOS. In my over-simplified view, WebOS is a system that creates a virtual desktop within a web browser. The system is built around a set of Java applications running on servers that interface with a number of hosted applications including web services and Windows Terminal Server sessions. This provides a unified point of entry to multiple back-end services with single sign-on, and provides centralized control of who can run which applications and where. This looks like some pretty cool technology especially useful for organizations with a lot of users needing access to a limited core set of applications to do their jobs. Still there is something about the idea of the desktop within the browser within a host OS that makes me feel like this is only evolutionary. At some point that outer browser and OS should disappear like the legs on a snake.

Speaking of snakes, Python to be precise, Catherine Devlin announced PyOhio, a "daylong regional miniconference being planned for the summer of 2008 in Columbus, OH."

Virtual PC Guy's WebLog

Virtual PC Guy's WebLog

The Soul of a Virtual Machine

The Soul of a Virtual Machine

HOWTO: Use Virtual PC's Differencing Disks to your Advantage

HOWTO: Use Virtual PC's Differencing Disks to your Advantage - Andrew Connell

Parallels

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