I have vimware installed in my old computer with ubuntu OS I want to install on my new computer the same machine only as physical machine and not virtual
Can I do it ? How?
It is possible to do it, it will be tedious and you might run into problem with disk partitioning. A reinstall would be simpler.
You will need a few tools and mostly time because you cannot boot into an operating system you just currently backing up or restoring, and your (let's say) Original OS is a virtual one. I will name the virtual OS as 'Original' and the to-be-physical OS as 'Target' onward.
If you have other bootable Linux Virtual Machines, you are a bit luckier.
dd
command to create a large image from the entire 'to-be-converted' disk right to your external HDD. READ the dd
help, improper command line parameters can FUBAR your healthy virtual disks. If you don't have other VMs, you'll need to attach the Live CD to the Original VM and boot into the Live CD (This is where a lot of people fails, check twice if CD booting is enabled on the VM). Then mount the external HDD, unmont the Original's HDD and everything is the same as above from "use the dd
command" line.
On the Target machine:
dd
command again to recreate the physical disk from the image file you previously made (READ the manual again!) If you mix something up, the worst thing to happen is to copy the entire - emtpy - physical disk into your well-made disk image (that is when you really need time...)gparted
as the entire Target's disk will be as large as the virtual disk was. And for completeness' sake check if you can boot the partition (you might need to reinstall grub). Oh, and throw an fsck on the HDD.