Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 user manual VBoxManage convertfromraw

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format Allow to choose a file format for the output file different from the file format of the input file.

variant Allow to choose a file format variant for the output file. It is a comma- separated list of variant flags. Not all combinations are supported, and specifying inconsistent flags will result in an error message.

type Only honored if –remember is also specified. Defines what kind of hard disk type this image should be.

remember Keep the destination image registered after it was successfully written.

Note: For compatibility with earlier versions of VirtualBox, the “clonevdi” command is also supported and mapped internally to the “clonehd” com- mand.

8.17 VBoxManage convertfromraw

This command converts a raw disk image to a VirtualBox Disk Image (VDI) file. The syntax is as follows:

VBoxManage convertfromraw	<filename> <outputfile>
	[--format VDIVMDKVHD]
	[--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
VBoxManage convertfromraw	stdin <outputfile> <bytes>
	[--format VDIVMDKVHD]
	[--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]

where the parameters mean:

format Select the disk image format to create. Default is VDI.

variant Allow to choose a file format variant for the output file. It is a comma- separated list of variant flags. Not all combinations are supported, and specifying inconsistent flags will result in an error message.

The second form forces VBoxManage to read the content for the disk image from standard input (useful for using that command in a pipe).

Note: For compatibility with earlier versions of VirtualBox, the “convertdd” command is also supported and mapped internally to the “convertfromraw” command.

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