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How to convert flat raw disk image to vmdk for virtualbox or vmplayer?

I have some old images of old Linux filesystems in flat file format. they can be used by Bochs, but I need to run them with Virtual Box. Virtual Box cannot use images in this format, so I need to convert these images from flat file to .vmdk file format. Is there any way to do this?

Solution

  • First, install QEMU. On Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu, run:

    $ apt-get install qemu

    Then run the following command:

    $ qemu-img convert -O vmdk imagefile.dd vmdkname.vmdk

    I’m assuming a flat disk image is a dd-style image. The convert operation also handles numerous other formats.

    For more information about the qemu-img command, see the output of

    $ qemu-img -h