Converting a VMware Disk Image for Qemu or Xen
Introduction
I’ve switched to the new Ubuntu, great! Except for one thing: VMware doesn’t work yet, you have to wait for a patch, etc… but I don’t have time to wait!
VMware is nice and pretty, but it’s becoming annoying. So I decided to use KVM and QTqemu for the graphical interface. And here I am, ready to convert my VMware images.
Conversion
For conversion, we’ll first use VMware for preparation and then qemu for the actual conversion:
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FAQ
Great, but my Debian disk won’t boot
This happens because if you configured your VMware disk as SCSI, you’ll be using sdx device names. Your Debian busybox will launch, and you’ll need to mount the partition containing /boot and edit the menu.lst file to change the kernel root. Here’s some help:
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Change this:
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to:
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And finally, reboot :-)
Last updated 25 Apr 2008, 08:54 CEST.