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  • 1.  Cold Clone Windows 98

    Posted Aug 02, 2012 03:30 AM

    Hi!

    Id like to cold clone a Windows 98 Machine. which version of VMware converter should I use? Where can I get it?

    Thanks!



  • 2.  RE: Cold Clone Windows 98

    Posted Aug 02, 2012 05:25 AM

    http://communities.vmware.com/message/2037920

    According to that I dont think it's availale

    at least unless you have an enterprise lic.

    http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html

    its continumms's site.

    he knows what hes talking about.

    that should work for you



  • 3.  RE: Cold Clone Windows 98

    Posted Aug 02, 2012 08:31 AM

    Coldcloning Win98 is very easy.
    Boot the machine into a Knoppix CD and attach a USB-disk.

    clone disk to USB with a command like this:

    dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/usb/win98-flat.vmdk bs=1M

    when that is done post the size of the win98-flat.vmdk and I create a descriptor-vmdk file for you.
    Then upload both files to the new ESXi or Workstation host and add them to a new Win98 VM.

    Regarding drivers ... - in most cases it is enough to cross your fingers during first boot and have your Win98 Install CD ready at hand.

    Creating a MOA CD for this task is not really necessary as Converter will not help you with Win9x imports.