I've got a computer with installed Slackware on it. Can I clone it using Vmware Clone (or any other software like Vmware Clone). And than use the cloned system on a virtual machine.
The physical computer uses for desktop work only. And I need to have a virtual copy of it, and use it on the other hardware without reinstall.
I'm new on Linux. And I've got a Vmware Clone Boot CD.
Thanks. Sorry for my English.

Hi AndreSh,

The last time I used VMware Converter it couldnt do linux p2v's, apparently it can now but only RHEL, SuSE and Ubuntu :

http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/features.html

It is possible to do it manually but it can be messy

cheers

You can. In fact, it's pretty easy.

You have to boot your PC with ghost for linux :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/
You create an image, on a USB disk, a second partition, a network drive, a ftp, whatever...

You create a vmware disk image, adjusting the size of the original disk/partition. You can create a bigger disk if you want.

You boot this vmware with g4l, and you deploy the image on it.

I did this once and it worked perfectly.

Of course, you may have to reinstall bootloader, maybe recompile your kernel, if you have a custom one (of course, if you are smart, you kept the standard one ;^) ).

An experimental trick can be the use of dd, or cpio from the mounted Slack partition to a "vmware-mount.pl mounted" disk image.

Have fun.

Edit :
Rereading, i see that you are new to Linux, i hope my explanations aren't too obscure !!!
Post again if you have troubles !