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Andreas Färber wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When running `qemu-img convert haikuware.vmdk -O qcow2 
> haikuware.qcow2` on OSX, it complains it cannot open '-O'.
>
> According to `qemu-img convert --help` my syntax is correct.
>
> Andreas
>
>

I had similar problems and needed to change the order of parameters on 
the command line.

For your statement try...

qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 haikuware.vmdk haikuware.qcow2

... as -f and -O come first before filenames