Re: How to reduce/shrink the size of a VirtualPC disk image (reclaim unused space)
From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:58:01 -0800
On 6 Feb 2005 19:54:50 -0800, "iGreg" <gregmartinez@mac.com> wrote:
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>Steve Jain wrote:
>>
>> 1. Create a new drive image
>> 2. mount it as a hard disk 2
>> 3. boot the VM from a floppy/floppy image and run ghost
>> 4. image from drive 1 to drive 2
>> 5. shut down
>> 6. mount drive image 2 as hard disk 1, and leave drive 1 unmounted
>> 7. boot up and verify everything works
>> 8. delete old drive image 1
>---
>
>I thought using Ghost was just a matter of using Ghost to make a clone
>of virtual machine and then using that new clone instead of the
>original.
It is. Thats why you need to create a new disk image to make the
clone.
>The above steps are not easy to understand, for example ...
>what floppy image? What does a floppy image have to do with machines
>that do not use floppies?
You need to boot the system from a floppy disk or a floppy disk image.
Ghost doesn't run in Windows. If you don't have a physical floppy
drive, then you need to use a floppy disk image to boot the VM and
load Ghost. There are numerous places to get/make boot disks
including many versions of Ghost.
>
>If using Ghost is as complex as the steps above, it is not a solution
>for me.
Those steps are not complex, in fact, they're much simpler, fewer, and
faster than any other method of compacting a disk image.
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