Submitted by Martin Gittins (not verified) on Tue, 2008-03-11 03:37.
Thanks for this.
I was able to run VMware Converter on a Windows XP virtual machine running on a Mac under VMware Fusion. VMware Converter only seems to work if the .VPC file and the .VHD file are in the same directory, but not necessarily in the same place as VMware Converter. It creates a .vmx file and a .vmdk file, which you can then copy over to your host machine to create a new virtual machine under Fusion.
I've used this to create multiple Windows installations in order to test different flavours of IE on a Mac, using Microsoft's Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images:
Todd Ogasawara's Windows for Intel Macs ($7.99USD published by O'Reilly Media) is for Intel Mac users running Bootcamp or Parallels who want to learn more about running Microsoft Windows XP on Mac. It also provides specific tips and hints for using Parallels Desktop for Mac.
Thanks for this. I was able
Thanks for this.
I was able to run VMware Converter on a Windows XP virtual machine running on a Mac under VMware Fusion. VMware Converter only seems to work if the .VPC file and the .VHD file are in the same directory, but not necessarily in the same place as VMware Converter. It creates a .vmx file and a .vmdk file, which you can then copy over to your host machine to create a new virtual machine under Fusion.
I've used this to create multiple Windows installations in order to test different flavours of IE on a Mac, using Microsoft's Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en