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Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ???

From "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ???
Date 2022-08-13 01:15 -0400
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On 8/12/22 9:01 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:43:16 +0300 harri@kallio.tunk.org (Harri) wrote:
> 
>>
>> 25B.Z969 <25B.Z969@noda.net> wrote:
>>> So ... has anybody found a good way to migrate a VM to something
>>> that can be installed on a conventional disk ?
>>
>> Copy files to new disk and install boot loader. Basically it's about
>> making a backup and then restoring the backup. I make my system backups
>> with Tar.
> 
> Yes. Linux is *not* fussy about what "disk" it is installed on. Pretty much
> any sort of disk-to-disk backup process, followed by a "rescue" process (to
> possibly update /etc/fstab, install the boot loader, maybe rebuild the
> initramfs, possibly fiddle with some hardware-specific issues, like the NIC,
> etc.).  Basically not really any different if you had to restore a full backup
> from a machine that was totally trashed to new hardware.

   This is what I wanted to hear - I'm on the right track.
   Winders will screw you 101 ways - but Linux/Unix are
   pretty flexible in this respect. Linux systems don't
   really KNOW they're running in a VM, it all seems
   normal to them. The possible hang-up is in how the
   storage is set up.

   I'm gonna give it a few kinds of tries next week and
   will post my experiences.

   VMs are great - but sometimes you want all your work
   to move into the Real World.

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Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-12 00:59 -0400
  Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-08-12 00:15 -0500
    Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-13 00:48 -0400
      Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-08-13 01:14 -0500
        Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-14 03:08 -0400
          Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-08-14 03:04 -0500
            Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real? World ??? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-08-14 12:55 +0000
              Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real? World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-14 23:58 -0400
            Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-14 23:44 -0400
          Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Kirk_Rockstein <Kirk_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2022-08-14 16:40 +0000
            Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-08-14 10:42 -0700
              Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-15 00:08 -0400
  Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-08-11 23:35 -0700
    Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-13 01:04 -0400
  Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? harri@kallio.tunk.org (Harri) - 2022-08-12 09:43 +0300
    Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-08-12 13:01 +0000
      Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-13 01:15 -0400
      Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-08-14 21:11 +0200
        Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-14 23:36 -0400
    Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? "25B.Z969" <25B.Z969@noda.net> - 2022-08-13 01:09 -0400
  Re: Moving Linux Installation OFF Virtual Machine and Into Real World ??? stepore <stepore@be.here.now> - 2022-08-12 23:26 -0700

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