On 09/14/2010 07:30 PM, JD wrote: > > 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 :) > >
And .vmdk's are also used to describe and hold storage for virtual drives in VirtualBox. VirtualBox supports any .vmdk from a VMWare environment without OVF. Just the .vmdk alone will work within virtualbox. So the virtual hard disks that OP was seeing were in fact virtual drives, *not* physical raw disks/partitions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
