Can I boot an excisting drive with Linux on it in Parallels?

I've got the latest version & update of Parallels Desktop on my MBP.
I need to access data of a running application on a server, yet this server has hardware failure (the disk is fine!).
I'd like to boot the server on my Mac with Parallels Desktop, is that possible?

 

Nobody? It is a linux installation.

 

You cannot boot it directly, which is your question, you can probably clone it into a virtual disk, using a Linux live CD (like partimage) image, attaching the disk via usb external drive, then copying the contents/cloning to a mounted virtual disk.

 

Hi Specimen, thank you for your answer. I have clonezilla bootable iso. Can I boot an empty Linux VM from that ISO, clone the attached disk (from server) to local virtual disk and than boot from the local virtual disk?

 

Yes!
Isn't that what I said using different words? (;

Clonezilla (this is the name I meant when I said partimage, sorry) and G4U are all good options, I have used them myself.

 

Hahaha yes, just checking what I think you mean really is what you mean