{"id":931,"date":"2012-02-08T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T12:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=931"},"modified":"2012-02-08T12:22:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T12:22:06","slug":"convert-real-mac-hd-into-vmdk-for-vmware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=931","title":{"rendered":"Convert Real Mac HD into VMDK for VMWare"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) connect your external drive<\/p>\n

2) goto the command line – Terminal – and type\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 diskutil list<\/p>\n

\/dev\/disk0<\/p>\n

#:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFIER<\/p>\n

0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUID_partition_scheme\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *111.8 Gi\u00a0\u00a0 disk0<\/p>\n

1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EFI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 200.0 Mi\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s1<\/p>\n

2:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apple_HFS MAIN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82.4 Gi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s2<\/p>\n

3:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Microsoft Basic Data\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29.0 Gi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk0s3<\/p>\n

\/dev\/disk1<\/p>\n

#:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFIER<\/p>\n

0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FDisk_partition_scheme\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *37.3 Gi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk1<\/p>\n

1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOS_FAT_16 BOOT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.0 Gi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk1s1<\/p>\n

2:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOS_FAT_32 UNTITLED 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35.3 Gi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disk1s2<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

make note of the disk number<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3) Create a virtual disk file for the external usb drive<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

cd ~\/Documents\/’Virtual Machines’<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

‘\/Applications\/VMware\\ Fusion.app\/Contents\/Library\/vmware-rawdiskCreator create \/dev\/disk1 1 USB-DRIVE1 buslogic.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This should create 2 files<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

USB-DRIVE1.vmdk<\/p>\n

USB-DRIVE1-pt.vmdk<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The parameters read like this\u00a0 \/dev\/disk1 = disk1 , 1 = partition 1, USB-DRIVE1 = location of Virtual Machines drive files, buslogic = interface parameter ( ide , buslogic , lsilogic ) only buslogic works for usb drives, have no idea why.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Make note in Unix-like OSes, the single quotes is used to enclose a path with a space in the name, ‘Virtual Machines’, without the quotes the command will fail.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4) Then just create a new VM and choose an existing virtual disk, and point it to the new file you just created,\u00a0 IE –> USB-DRIVE1.vmdk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) connect your external drive 2) goto the command line – Terminal – and type\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 diskutil list \/dev\/disk0 #:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TYPE NAME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info-on-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}