Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:06:28 +0000 From: Kimi <kimimeister@gmail.com> To: "Matthias Apitz" <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting VM from VMWare-format to Qemu Message-ID: <42b497160801090306j29f85529peff83b4a3ba507b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080109104253.GA5201@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20080109104253.GA5201@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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On 09/01/2008, Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've a Zip archive with a VM which runs fine in VMPlayer on Linux; > it is just the contents of the directory and the VMWare files in this > like: > > $ unzip -t Evergreen_1.2.0_Gentoo_x86.zip > Archive: Evergreen_1.2.0_Gentoo_x86.zip > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/ OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmsd OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/vmware-0.log OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Gentoo-s003.vmdk OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmx OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Gentoo-s004.vmdk OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/vmware-2.log OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/nvram OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Gentoo-s001.vmdk OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/core OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/vmware.log OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Gentoo.vmdk OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/Gentoo-s002.vmdk OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/vmware-1.log OK > testing: Evergreen_Gentoo_1.2.0/README OK > > Is there some way to convert this with 'qemu-img' to an image > usable with Qemu on FreeBSD? Thx > I think the only part that needs converting is the VMDK files which is the virtual hard disc drive. I'm not entirely sure if qemu-img handles split VMDK files, I would be surprised if that was the case. I also think the image is a sparse one go by the s in two of the VMDK's file name. You can all but try. better place to have asked maybe is the qemu malling list available on qemu.org have you (anyone?) tried running VMware Player under FreeBSD's linux emulation? > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH > Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ > b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ > Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Kimi
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