Came across this out there: http://sourceforge.net/projects/raw2vmdk/
Its a command line java applet for converting raw "dd" type disk images to .vmdk files for use with vmware. Very useful for testing Astlinux on your everyday machine. Using this tool, I was able to generate a virtual machine of a recent astlinux release usable on my mac under vmware fusion. Usage: java -Dtype=<ide|buslogic|lsilogic|legacyESX> -jar raw2vmdk.jar <raw image> <vmdk outfile> Example: zapotek@zaptop:~/raw2vmdk-0.1.jar$ java -jar raw2vmdk.jar "/media/disk-2/VM/FreeBSD 8.0 Minimal/freebsd8min.img" /home/zapotek/freebsd8min.vmdk raw2vmdk 0.1.3.1 [$Rev: 28 $] initiated. Author: Zapotek <[email protected]> Website: http://www.segfault.gr Analysing image: /media/disk-2/VM/FreeBSD 8.0 Minimal/freebsd8min.img [1073741824 bytes] Number of sectors: 2097152 Number of cylinders: 1023 Heads per track: 16 Sectors per track: 63 Loading VMDK template... Writing VMDK file to: /home/zapotek/freebsd8min.vmdk All done. -Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
