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[Xen-users] Re: porting vmware's vmdk to domU

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Subject:	[Xen-users] Re: porting vmware's vmdk to domU
From:	Anand Kumria <wildfire@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:16:29 +1000
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:27:22 +0200, Sven Uebelacker wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Is there any experience of converting vmware's vmdk file to a domU image? 
> Maybe via extracting vmdk (how?) -> build tar -> untar in domU?
> 
> That would be very nice despite replacing the original kernel with a 
> self-built one and worthy to write a script... :)

Well, qemu comes with a command (qemu-img) that can convert between
various image formats, such as: vpc bochs dmg cloop vmdk qcow cow raw

You ought to be able to use that to convert the vmdk into a raw image,
however it may not be sparse.  I've never had to use the command myself,
so it'd be interesting to hear how you go.

Regards,
Anand


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