I retried with ubuntu 16.04, qemu-img version 2.5.0 (Debian 1:2.5+dfsg- 5ubuntu10.4).
While the original file (freetz vmdk) is not available (they use .ova now), I got another .vmdk file from http://www.osboxes.org/debian/#debian-8-5-vmware qemu-img convert Debian\ 8.5\ \(64bit\).vmdk -O raw test.raw qemu-img convert Debian\ 8.5\ \(64bit\).vmdk -O qcow2 test.qcow2 Both worked, and I could boot the system I converted from .vmdk using qemu-kvm. Looks as if this issue got fixed, finally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905095 Title: qemu-img can't convert vmdk file: Operation not permitted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/905095/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
