Comments on: Convert VirtualBox image (vdi) to VMWare (vmdk)

By: Bombai

Bombai — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:56:01 +0000

Hi, i have the same problem. I cant boot and i cant change the root device id and i dont know where i can add the ide0 to the vmware harddisk.. Can someone help me?

Thanks.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:01:22 +0000

Excellent guide. Saved me many hours. Thanks.

By: Donald Shimoda

Donald Shimoda — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:40:36 +0000

I mean “vboxmanage” in the second place

By: Donald Shimoda

Donald Shimoda — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:40:08 +0000

Actually VBoxManage is for licensed version and vnoxmanage is for OS version, so, the document is correct.

By: Reindl Harald

Reindl Harald — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:51:59 +0000

Linux is CASE-SENSITIVE: “VBoxManage”

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:38:37 +0000

Thanks for the guide, works like a charm!

By: nyaa

nyaa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:23:39 +0000

Thanks very much for the guide! I didn’t want to have to remake my windows vm.

By: Windows 7 and Virtual Machines « Of software, sound and toys

Windows 7 and Virtual Machines « Of software, sound and toys — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:05:35 +0000

[...] (VMDK) is not as easy or straightforward as one would like. It turns out that you have to use the procedure shown here to first convert the disk to the fully-expanded raw format, and then convert it to the VMDK format [...]

By: mitko

mitko — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:12:11 +0000

it’s working without editing file /etc/fstab ,just adding it like IDE0 existing harddrive to Vmware.

By: mitko

mitko — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:32:00 +0000

where do I have to edit it? in the Vbox or in the Vmware
,because I can’t boot in vmware yet

I don’t have root device In Vbox /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 CEntos
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cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync – see ‘man fstab-sync’ for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0