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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Creating Windows 7 image to run in VirtualBox Post 302741579 by jimbob01 on Sunday 9th of December 2012 06:55:17 AM
Old 12-09-2012
Creating Windows 7 image to run in VirtualBox

Hey guys,

Not sure if this is the best place for this question, but, after using Fedora now for about a year, I'm still getting used to it but I'm using it practically all the time now and instead of having a dual boot with Windows 7, I want to create an image of my Windows 7 installation, format the drive, install a clean version of Fedora 17 and then install VirtualBox and run my Windows installation from there (only need Windows for certain software and don't need a dual boot, only used it a few times in the past year!).

Anyone any ideas or good tutorial for doing so ? I've done a few google searches but there is a lot of conflicting information about how it should be done and although I've asked in other places about this, I've kinda come up empty and then figured this was probably the best place to ask!

Seen some blog posts about using CloneZilla, but other posts about using the 'dd' command from a LiveDVD, but to be honest, I'm not sure of the best way to go . . . . . and none of the articles I found were idiots guides, which I probably need Smilie

Thanks for any help.

Jim
 

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IMAGEFILLEDARC(3)							 1							 IMAGEFILLEDARC(3)

imagefilledarc - Draw a partial arc and fill it

SYNOPSIS
bool imagefilledarc (resource $image, int $cx, int $cy, int $width, int $height, int $start, int $end, int $color, int $style) DESCRIPTION
Draws a partial arc centered at the specified coordinate in the given $image. PARAMETERS
o $ image -An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(3). o $cx - x-coordinate of the center. o $cy - y-coordinate of the center. o $width - The arc width. o $height - The arc height. o $start - The arc start angle, in degrees. o $end - The arc end angle, in degrees. 0o is located at the three-o'clock position, and the arc is drawn clockwise. o $color - A color identifier created with imagecolorallocate(3). o $style - A bitwise OR of the following possibilities: o IMG_ARC_PIE o IMG_ARC_CHORD o IMG_ARC_NOFILL o IMG_ARC_EDGED IMG_ARC_PIE and IMG_ARC_CHORD are mutually exclusive; IMG_ARC_CHORD just connects the starting and ending angles with a straight line, while IMG_ARC_PIE produces a rounded edge. IMG_ARC_NOFILL indicates that the arc or chord should be outlined, not filled. IMG_ARC_EDGED, used together with IMG_ARC_NOFILL, indicates that the beginning and ending angles should be connected to the center - this is a good way to outline (rather than fill) a 'pie slice'. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Creating a 3D looking pie <?php // create image $image = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100); // allocate some colors $white = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF); $gray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0); $darkgray = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x90, 0x90); $navy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80); $darknavy = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50); $red = imagecolorallocate($image, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00); $darkred = imagecolorallocate($image, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00); // make the 3D effect for ($i = 60; $i > 50; $i--) { imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 0, 45, $darknavy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $darkgray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, $i, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $darkred, IMG_ARC_PIE); } imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 0, 45, $navy, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 45, 75 , $gray, IMG_ARC_PIE); imagefilledarc($image, 50, 50, 100, 50, 75, 360 , $red, IMG_ARC_PIE); // flush image header('Content-type: image/png'); imagepng($image); imagedestroy($image); ?> The above example will output something similar to:[NOT DISPLAYABLE MEDIA]Output of example : Creating a 3D looking pie NOTES
Note This function requires GD 2.0.1 or later (2.0.28 or later is recommended). PHP Documentation Group IMAGEFILLEDARC(3)
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