Conversion: ISO & IMG to VDI
Today's outcome is
1. convert img and iso files into vdi
If you are like me and love to test operating systems in the virtualbox then you might find this tutorial useful.
in the past i recommended that you could obtain virtual machines from https://www.sboxes.org. but it might happen for what ever reasons, you want create your virtual machine from an existing ISO images that you might have acquired from which ever source.
Frankly the process is quite simple and it goes as follows:
first lets go over what is required prior to the initiation.
1. an ISO or img image
2. oracle virtualbox installed
3. terminal and;
4. 5 minutes.
firstly cd the directory where your images is located using the terminal.
for conversion from an img image
$ VBoxManage convertdd input.img output.vdi
for conversion from an iso image
$ VBoxManage convertfromraw input.iso input.vdi
after that you can launch it in the virtual box.
thank you for watching.