On 09/15/2010 03:08 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Wednesday 15 September 2010, JD wrote: >>> 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. > That is not entirely correct. Yes, the default extension in VirtualBox > for files holding storage for virtual disk drives is .vdi but VirtualBox > can use .vmdk files for holding storage for virtual disk drives as well. > In fact, the .vdi format implements a subset of the features of the .vmdk > format. Note for example > > VBoxManage createhd -filename foo.vmdk --size 12345678 --format vmdk > > Kind regards, > > Frank I stand corrected. I learned something new. Thanks Frank.
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