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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-img convert to VMDK
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To: Guilherme Moro <gmoro@suse.de>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Fri, 10/13 15:20, Guilherme Moro wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm trying to convert some images from raw to vmdk to run in a ESXi6.5
> server but I need to rectify the image before being able to run.
>=20
> The scenario goes like that:
>=20
> qemu-img convert -f raw image.raw -O vmdk -o compat6 image.vmdk
> ESXi complains with "Failed - File system specific implementation of
> LookupAndOpen"[file] failed
> running vmkfstools -x repair on the image make it bootable
>=20
> =A0I checked the changes, vmkfstools is basically removing the second
> descriptor from the end of the file, I'm not familiar enough with the c=
ode
> and the format to know what this means, maybe compat6 should make qemu-=
img
> avoid to put that in the end of the file (again, mostly guessing).
>=20
> Anyway we would need an option to make sure that this second descriptor=
 does
> not end in the final image.

What do you mean by "second descriptor"? The one at offset 0x200? But oth=
er than
this descriptor I don't see a second one. Maybe I'm missing something?

Fam