DesolataX Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 I am new to VMware, i have always been using Virtual PC, and i wanted to know if i could transfer the data from the VMware HDD image to my spare 80gb HD. Any way how? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/500-vmware-to-native/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesown Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Yes indeed you can. In order to transfer data from a virtual drive in vmware to a physical one, first select the physical drive in the vmware option as well as your image file. That way darwin can access both. Next run this command: dd if=(source image, usually something like /dev/disk0) of=(destination hard drive, again usually something along the lines of /dev/disk0 Wait a few hours after running that and you should be good to go. Note that the partition will only be as big as the image, so you might want to use a program like partition magic to expand it to the full drive size! Hope that helps, Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/500-vmware-to-native/#findComment-3023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesolataX Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 Ok, Thank you, i think i understand what you are talking about. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/500-vmware-to-native/#findComment-3025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesolataX Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 How do i get into Darwin to do that command? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/500-vmware-to-native/#findComment-3052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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