How to create a VirtualBox image from an existing system?

Question

linux

The machine has Windows and Ubuntu.

How to make a copy of an existing Ubuntu system,
placing it in a VirtualBox image?

And is there an easy solution?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There is such a utility called qemu-img - it allows you to convert various HDD images, including RAW, VmWare images, Virtualbox and many others. I transferred the 90 GB image several times from one format to another - it works great.

Answer 3

If your goal is to boot into Windows and be able to use Linux, then look towards cooperative linux (colinux), especially since this will give a performance gain due to the lack of need for hardware virtualization.
https://www.google.com/search?q=colinux+ubuntu+OR+debian
Then there will be no need to take an image from an existing partition - colinux can "virtualize" the system from a physical partition on a disk; at the same time, you will retain the ability to boot into the same linux system fully.

Answer 4

vmware has Vmware Converter.
Then you can convert the image.

Answer 5

You can boot from Clonezilla Live-CD or some Acronis.
Create an image, then roll it out in a prepared virtual machine.