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→Converting a Flat VMDK
While VirtualBox should be able to open <code>.vmdk</code> images, you may need or want to convert the formats on the command line. Also, you can crack open VMware images with <code>dd</code> and loop-mount the partitions individually. See the [[VMware#Cracking_Open_VMDK_Images_with_DD|VMware article]] for instructions.
=Converting a Flat VMDKto a VDI=To convert a raw flat VMware image to a virtual desktop image, you just need to run the <code>VBoxManage convertfromraw</code> command.
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$ VBoxManage convertfromraw CentOS/Red\ Hat\ Enterprise\ Linux\ 4-flat.vmdk ~/RHEL4.vdi