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From: Alex Button <Alex on 19 Jun 2006 10:01 Is there a way to convert a .gho (ghost) file or a DVD ISO to a VHD file with out copying the data to a dvd and then copying back in to hosted VHD file, the virtual pc is running DOS Thanks
From: Colin Barnhorst on 19 Jun 2006 10:41 What are you trying to do? If this ghost file is a backup of a system then what OS? Where did the gho file come from? You can use a ghost file in a vm but whether you get a working vm as a result depends on many things. Usually the vm would not run because the hardware from the machine the gho file was made from was different from the emulated hardware of the vm. If the file was made on a Windows pc then you would need the operating system cd so that you could boot the vm with the cd and run a repair install before the vm could run. "Alex Button" <Alex Button(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9CF086D3-36A5-47B2-86CB-53E0A80110F1(a)microsoft.com... > Is there a way to convert a .gho (ghost) file or a DVD ISO to a VHD file > with > out copying the data to a dvd and then copying back in to hosted VHD file, > the virtual pc is running DOS > > Thanks >
From: gs on 19 Jun 2006 13:34 1. for DVD bootable ISO file less than a certain size ( not sure what it is but 3 GB is too big): in VPC, create a new vm and attach an vhd for appropriate size start up the vm before the vm actually boot, click on the capture DVD image to you iso file. the vm will boot with ISO BTW: Virtual server does not have problem with large DVD ISO file size and VS R2 is free So the above will allow you to install from ISO DVD. To run from ISO DVD, you may have to do more research on your own - I have no experience nor clue at the moment 2. GHO if you properly image a physical PC with ghost, after starting VPC start a new VM (with proper sized vhd file) with ghost floppy boot disk, you should be able to restore the image to the Vm. All you would have to do later is to re-activate the OS and possibly some software (Office) If you have image the physical volumes to separate ghost files and the volume are not in default standard drive letter arrangement, you may have trouble booting the recovered OS in vm. This problem is more likely if you have startup and services referencing partitions/volumes other than C: hint: best to use Msconfig on physical PC to reduce services and startup to a bare minimal before imaging Post imaging action would then be re-assign the proper drives and volumes, msconfig again to restore to normal Sometimes you may still need the OS install disk to do repair! but the above will reduce the need substantially Good luck! "Alex Button" <Alex Button(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9CF086D3-36A5-47B2-86CB-53E0A80110F1(a)microsoft.com... > Is there a way to convert a .gho (ghost) file or a DVD ISO to a VHD file > with > out copying the data to a dvd and then copying back in to hosted VHD file, > the virtual pc is running DOS > > Thanks >
From: Colin Barnhorst on 19 Jun 2006 14:25 2.2 GB "gs" <gs(a)dontMail.telus> wrote in message news:%23uPfyY8kGHA.4792(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > 1. > for DVD bootable ISO file less than a certain size ( not sure what it is > but 3 GB is too big): > in VPC, create a new vm and attach an vhd for appropriate size > start up the vm > before the vm actually boot, click on the capture DVD image to you iso > file. > the vm will boot with ISO > BTW: Virtual server does not have problem with large DVD ISO file size and > VS R2 is free > > So the above will allow you to install from ISO DVD. To run from ISO DVD, > you may have to do more research on your own - I have no experience nor > clue at the moment > > 2. GHO > if you properly image a physical PC with ghost, > after starting VPC > start a new VM (with proper sized vhd file) with ghost floppy boot > disk, you should be able to restore the image to the Vm. All you would > have to do later is to re-activate the OS and possibly some software > (Office) > > If you have image the physical volumes to separate ghost files and the > volume are not in default standard drive letter arrangement, you may have > trouble booting the recovered OS in vm. This problem is more likely if you > have startup and services referencing partitions/volumes other than C: > hint: best to use Msconfig on physical PC to reduce services and startup > to a bare minimal before imaging > Post imaging action would then be re-assign the proper drives and > volumes, msconfig again to restore to normal > > Sometimes you may still need the OS install disk to do repair! but the > above will reduce the need substantially > > > Good luck! > > > "Alex Button" <Alex Button(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9CF086D3-36A5-47B2-86CB-53E0A80110F1(a)microsoft.com... >> Is there a way to convert a .gho (ghost) file or a DVD ISO to a VHD file >> with >> out copying the data to a dvd and then copying back in to hosted VHD >> file, >> the virtual pc is running DOS >> >> Thanks >> > >
From: Alex Button on 19 Jun 2006 17:54
Hello All it is a win98 iamge that I need to run under Virtual PC if the ghost images are put in a DVD ISO the ISO is 4.2gb and the Virtual PC will not "mount the image " most likely is to big as suggested by gs **update I have copied the gho files on to a DVD and have created a dos VFD that has a dos DVD driver and copied the ghost files in this way, has appeared to work but took about 8 hours to copy over ( not sure way took so long) but seemed to get slower as time went by I will now try to ghost that to another VHD thanks All "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: > 2.2 GB > > "gs" <gs(a)dontMail.telus> wrote in message > news:%23uPfyY8kGHA.4792(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > 1. > > for DVD bootable ISO file less than a certain size ( not sure what it is > > but 3 GB is too big): > > in VPC, create a new vm and attach an vhd for appropriate size > > start up the vm > > before the vm actually boot, click on the capture DVD image to you iso > > file. > > the vm will boot with ISO > > BTW: Virtual server does not have problem with large DVD ISO file size and > > VS R2 is free > > > > So the above will allow you to install from ISO DVD. To run from ISO DVD, > > you may have to do more research on your own - I have no experience nor > > clue at the moment > > > > 2. GHO > > if you properly image a physical PC with ghost, > > after starting VPC > > start a new VM (with proper sized vhd file) with ghost floppy boot > > disk, you should be able to restore the image to the Vm. All you would > > have to do later is to re-activate the OS and possibly some software > > (Office) > > > > If you have image the physical volumes to separate ghost files and the > > volume are not in default standard drive letter arrangement, you may have > > trouble booting the recovered OS in vm. This problem is more likely if you > > have startup and services referencing partitions/volumes other than C: > > hint: best to use Msconfig on physical PC to reduce services and startup > > to a bare minimal before imaging > > Post imaging action would then be re-assign the proper drives and > > volumes, msconfig again to restore to normal > > > > Sometimes you may still need the OS install disk to do repair! but the > > above will reduce the need substantially > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > "Alex Button" <Alex Button(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:9CF086D3-36A5-47B2-86CB-53E0A80110F1(a)microsoft.com... > >> Is there a way to convert a .gho (ghost) file or a DVD ISO to a VHD file > >> with > >> out copying the data to a dvd and then copying back in to hosted VHD > >> file, > >> the virtual pc is running DOS > >> > >> Thanks > >> > > > > > > > |