On 05/25/2011 01:12 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndTodd<margoandtodd at gmail.com> wrote: > > ..... > > The thread caught my eye while cleaning up my folders :) My two cents > is somewhat late; you may have already resolved your question :) > > However, since I did not see any replies ... > >> >> Is it as easy as? >> >> qemu-img convert -f vdi oldImage.vdi -O qcow2 newImage.qcow > > Yup! I don't use the -f option. qemu-img auto detects the input file format. Thank you! >> >> Do I need a ton of disk space to go to a full hard drive >> then back to a small virtual hard drive? > > >> Do I need the Virtual Box XML file for anything or just >> the VDI? > > Please elaborate on the above points. I don't understand what you are > trying to do. The XML file contains all the Virtual Box machine settings -- hard drive type and size, mouse, floppy drive, number of cores etc.. I was unclear if 'qemu-img convert" needed to know any of this or did it just need the raw hard drive. What I am trying to do is ween myself off of Virtual Box. And now that Xfce 64 bit is getting close, I am about to pull the trigger. Thank you for the help! -T