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Date:      Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:53:55 -0700
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: convert .vmdk files
Message-ID:  <543F3343.2050000@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <543EA6D9.5010209@nomadlogic.org>
References:  <543E0540.3040004@nomadlogic.org> <543E07A4.5090202@freebsd.org> <543EA6D9.5010209@nomadlogic.org>

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Hi Pete,

>>   What you have to do today is to convert the VMDK to a flat file, e.g.
>> using qemu-img.
>>
>
> ok great - installing qemu-devel on my system and running the following
> command worked great:
>
> qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw foo.vmdk foo.img
>
> i tested this by taking a current .vmdk file from my workstation i do
> development and copied it over to my new bhyve hypervisor.

  Good to hear.

> this may be a good candidate for addition to wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve -
> i'll go ahead and add this if no one objects.

  Please do :)

later,

Peter.



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