CloneVDI tool: Linux part

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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

Post by mpack »

I had a chance to look at the code this morning: bug confirmed.

The bug was exactly what I thought it was, i.e. the CloneVDI compaction feature has a function which checks unpartitioned areas of the disk (useful if the user has deleted or shrunk a partition), and that function had an implicit and incorrect assumption that slot 1 in the MBR would always be used to define the first partition. The bug only arises if compaction is enabled, and that assumption is wrong, and the actual first partition begins 1MB or more into the disk.

I'll do a bugfix release soon.
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nice tread
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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

Post by none »

Starting CloneVDI under wine from console, I always get this annoying message:

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fixme:console:AttachConsole stub ffffffff
In fact, one could hide it with:

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WINEDEBUG=-all wine CloneVDI.exe (args)
(hint from Wine FAQ)
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Post by rdevan »

It works like charm !! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Post by spereira »

I too have the same issue.. how d do I
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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

Post by mpack »

:?: This topic is not about an issue, so what does "same issue" mean?
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Post by freesbee »

...maybe I'm missing something: I have linux (debian) headless servers as hosts, and I would like to understand if I have any chance to use clonevdi from the shell (without wine, since my hosts have no GUI, no X11).
Do I have any chance?
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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

Post by mpack »

CloneVDI is a Windows executable. It can't be used on Linux hosts without Wine.
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CloneVDI tool: Linux part

Post by freesbee »

Ok, pity.
Thanks anyway
(such a nice development in such an awkward direction)
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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

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You have something against Wine?
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Post by bantolo »

thanks every body, your post very helpful..
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Post by adelnet10 »

thanks
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Post by 00Luke »

Hello everyone, I've got a headless ubuntu server that I'm keen to run CloneVDI on - I've installed wine, but obviously I can only use the command line.

I know CloneVDI can run via the command line, but I can't work out how to string this together with calling it under wine to make it work - Can anyone advise / point me in the right direction? I've tried looking on the Wine manual pages, but still not sure. Is it something to do with wine cmd?

Thanks for any help in advance!
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Re: CloneVDI tool: Linux part

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CloneVDI works in a Windows console, not any old command line. I have no idea if Wine supports that feature. But yes, in Windows the command executable shell is cmd.exe.
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"wine cmd" is command-line access into Wine, similar to Windows' "cmd" .

Once invoked in a terminal/console (by using 'wine cmd' ), the current directory is displayed using DOS format. The system root is displayed as "Z:" and normal Unix forward slashes ( / ) are replaced by DOS backslashes ( \ ) .

That's from the manual pages of wine - I've done that and then tried running CloneVDI using command line commands as per the release text but can't get it to work. I'm probably trying to put a square peg in a round hole! Has anyone who's used CloneVDI on Linux managed to get it running from command line?
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