How to convert *.img to *.vmdk format?

[jayamurugan]

Hi,

I want to convert *.img to *.vmdk format. Could anyone of you help me out?

Thanks

[benma]

There is no way to convert a .img to .vmdk

If the vmdk (VM-Harddisk) is inside a img, mount the img and copy

the file.

[continuum]

*.img is a widely used extension.

Some *.img are compatible with *.iso

Some *.img are compatible with the *-flat.vmdk type used by VMware for the disktype monolithicFlat

Some *.img are compatible with the *.flp format used by VMware for floppy-images

as you see - there is no easy answer to this

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[ParryBhinder]

Dear ,

I want to run .vmdk files to .img if there any tools for this .

kindly suggest !!!!

Parry

[continuum]

some *.img formats are directly compatible with vmdks - some are not - so more info is required

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[DSTAVERT]

Have a look a winimage. It can convert several disk formats to and from vmdk.

[PaulSvirin]

Maybe you should try using Starwind V2V Converter, you can get it from

here - http://www.starwindsoftware.com/converter. It natively supports

IMG format and its conversion into VMDK or VHD or between VMDK or VHD

and vice versa without making any changes to source image.

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[antonio7]

apt-get qemu (installs QEMU on debian/ubuntu)

qemu-img convert imagefile.dd -O vmdk vmdkname.vmdk

Found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/454899/how-to-convert-flat-raw-disk-image-to-vmdk-for-virtualbox-...

[conorab]

Just adding to this since this post is one of the first answers on Google:

On Mac OS you can install qemu-img with Homebrew (https://brew.sh/) using "brew install qemu". I'm not sure if qemu-img is available on Windows, but you could install Windows Subsystem for Linux and then use Antonio's steps from there.