On 09/14/2010 04:17 PM, erstazi wrote: > On 09/14/2010 03:30 PM, JD wrote: >> On 09/14/2010 12:21 PM, Alexey Eremenko wrote: >> >>> VMDK and VDI are just virtual disk containers. Two different formats, >>> like .JPG and .PNG pictures. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >>> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >>> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> VBox-users-community mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >>> >>> >> Not so, young Grasshopper! >> >> See my reply to the OP. >> > Yes so, young grasshopper. > > http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch05.html#vdidetails > > VMDK is the de facto standard for the virtualization field. Originally > form VMware, it became standard with OVF. VMDK allows split hard drives > and even physical raw disk, which is what you are talking about. But it > is like Alexey mentioned, just like .JPG and .PN Was the OP asking his question within the VMWare context? NO! He was asking within the VirtualBox context. In VBox, .vmdk extension is used for describing physical drives/partitions and .vdi extension is used to describe and hold storage for virtual drives.
Here's the OP's original question: > I was looking around on an Ubunto 10.04 machine tha I use for a VirtualBox > host, and I discovered that some of the hard drive images for my VM's on > that machine are in .vmdk files, and others are in .vdi files. > > What's differetn about these 2 formats? Now, forfeit your move, do not collect $200, and go to Jail :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
