Peter Hopfgartner wrote: > Dear virt list > > I have some virtual machines running on my notebook under VMWare 6.5.2 > 64 bit that I would like to move to a current 64 bit CentOS 5.3 machine > with a current Intel Xeon processor. The virtual machines do use the > GUI, e.g. they are not text only. > > Is it better to use VMware server or Xen? > > If using Xen, do I have to convert the images? > > Regards, > > Peter > > > 1: you can not run XEN and VMWare server at the same time. VMWare refuses to install with a XEN-enabled kernel. 2: A How-To for migrating CentOS images is at http://www.funkypenguin.info/tutorial/how-to-convert-a-centos-5-vmware-image-to-xen/ Will try it next week. Peter -- Dott. Peter Hopfgartner R3 GIS Srl - GmbH Via Johann Kravogl-Str. 2 I-39012 Meran/Merano (BZ) Email: peter.hopfgartner at r3-gis.com Tel. : +39 0473 494949 Fax : +39 0473 069902 www : http://www.r3-gis.com