Script to help with installing and converting MSs IE virtual machines for VirtualBox.

ievm_install.sh

#!/bin/bash -x
#
# http://blog.mozmonkey.com/2008/vpc-ie6-ie7-ie8-on-mac-os-x/
# Requires: Q, VirtualBox

VERSION="$1"
IE_DOWNLOAD="http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/7/2/B72085AE-0F04-4C6F-9182-BF1EE90F5273/IE${VERSION}-XPSP3.exe"
WORK_DIR="/tmp/ievm"

mkdir $WORK_DIR
cd $WORK_DIR

echo "Downloading..."
wget $IE_DOWNLOAD -O $WORK_DIR/ie${VERSION}.exe

echo "Unpacking..."
unrar e ie${VERSION}.exe

echo "Converting to raw..."
VHD_FILE=`ls *IE${VERSION}*.vhd`
/Applications/Q.app/Contents/MacOS/qemu-img convert "$VHD_FILE" ie${VERSION}.raw

echo "Converting to vdi..."
VBoxManage convertfromraw ie${VERSION}.raw ie${VERSION}.vdi

echo "Done."
echo ""
echo "VDI is now: $WORK_DIR/ie${VERSION}.vdi"
echo "localhost is at: 10.0.2.2"
echo ""