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

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parallels12

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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?
 
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?
 
parallels12 said:
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?
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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.
 
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