Migrate a Intel Debian GNU Linux VM to Apple Silicon

I have a Parallels Debian Gnu Linux VM running on a Intel Mac mini.
I switched to a Mac mini M4 pro Apple Silicon and would like to run my old Debian Gnu Linux VM there.
How can I migrate it?

Thanks for your help, Heiko

 

Heiko,

The instructions are here: https://kb.parallels.com/130217

I want to try x86 emulation of LinuxCNC on my M4 Mac. Would you consider creating a fresh VM for me test? I don't have an Intel Mac anymore! I just posted this a few minutes ago, explaining what I need: https://forum.parallels.com/threads/need-x86-vm-to-try-new-x86-emulation.366531/

 

I have been looking to accomplish a similar task. There is a covfefe OVA for capture the flag exercise that is running on a Debian 9 x86 version. I can download the image from https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/covfefe-1,199/ and a walkthrough of the process is posted https://medium.com/@jmjackson2011/vulnhub-solving-cofveve-18ef9f975de7. I could run the virtual machine in UTM, but I think that it would be more ideal to be able to run the virtual machine in Parallels Desktop.

 

Hello James.
That's interesting.
Could you please tell me how you created the virtual machine with UTM?
I am new to UTM....

Thank you, Heiko

 

I install QEMU from MacPorts in order to use the command line utility to convert the VMDK to qcow2 format used by UTM: qemu-img convert -O qcow2 covfefe-disk1.vmdk covfefe-disk1.qcow2
After converting the drive, I created a new x86+64 architecture machine with 4 GB. I had to delete the drive that was automatically created in order to use the drive that I converted attaching via the SCSI connection and selecting the drive.

 

I managed to create the covfefe-disk1.qcow2 file.
Can you please tell me how you created the new x86+64 architecture machine with 4 GB?
(The only x86-system I found on the UTM-gallery is Windows XP)

Thanks a lot for your help! Heiko

 

Success!
I managed to create the virtual machine.
I found this gist: https://gist.github.com/tadhgboyle/a0c859b7d7c0a258593dc00cdc5006cc
I removed the old IDE Drive and ....
the system booted. Great

 

I am glad that you got it created. I had created a blank machine in UTM rather than using something from the Gallery.

 

Yeah, I created a blank machine too.

Short question:
Did you do the exercise yourself?
I am absolutely new to forensics, but find it very interesting.
I really like to learn more about it.
Could you give me some pointers how to get a good start?

Cheers from Heiko

 

I have been working with various virtualization products over the years, VirtualPC, Hyper-V, VMware Workstation & Fusion, as well as attempting to use VirtualBox (suggesting to avoid VirtualBox like the plague), so using UTM was similar in practice. As I tell my students, you should get comfortable using virtualization products as a first step. You should have ideally all three platforms setup as test machines. I would suggest setting up a Kali Linux virtual machine as well. UTM does not support Windows as well as Parallels Desktop.

 

Hi James.
I did some „Hack the Box" challenges using parrot Linux on UTM.
I managed to install missing tools like burpsuite and a newer Java-version it needed.
When I tried installing git-dumper via pip I realized that it is not possible, because the system is managed. And it wasn't possible to install via apt install (package not found).
After spending a day trying to, I decided to install Kali-Linux via the UTM gallery and was happy, that pip install git-dumper worked without a hitch.
I updated Kali-Linux to the newest version and got superb hints from the system, when there was a problem.
Kali-Linux is very user-friendly and I think, I will keep using it for my ""hacking experience".
Thanks a lot for you recommending it to me.
Cheers from Heiko

 

Hi James.
I keep on learning...
After updating Kali-Linux to the newest version, pip install git-dumper didn't work either.
One has to use pipx to install python utilities in a managed system.
so I did a sudo apt install pipx on both systems (Parrot and Kali) and was able to use git-dumper on both
Cheers, Heiko