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Re: [Qemu-block] VMDK file unable to open in Qemu but ESXi
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Fam Zheng |
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Re: [Qemu-block] VMDK file unable to open in Qemu but ESXi |
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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:02:27 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) |
On Mon, 09/26 16:30, Peter Lieven wrote:
> > So it looks like this file is not compliant to the specfication. Is it
> > recognized and imported by VMware?
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> Yes, VMware ESXi imports it flawlessly.
The only possibility is that the "footer" is not in the end of the image. There
must be some other sector begins with bytes '4b 44 4d 56' besides the first.
Theoretically we can make QEMU accept this case by "scanning" the whole image
to look for the footer, but I'm not sure it's worth it.
Fam