> > Michael Crawford wrote: > > > Basically all that was required to make Haiku work in VirtualBox > > > was > > > to download the latest raw image, unzip it, and then use > > > VBoxManage to > > > convert the raw file to VDI format: > > > > > > $ VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI haiku-alpha.image haiku > > > -alpha.vdi > > > > You can even save this step when using Haiku's vmware images. > > > > There's also Alexander von Gluck's guide at > > http://unixzen.com/index.php?url=article/view/running-haiku-os-in-virtualbox > > > > which is a bit more involved as he installs from one image to > > another, but it > > still has useful pointers for simpler endeavours. > > > > You don't need to convert the file, VirtualBox is compatible with the > vmware format natively. > I wonder if it's really fully compatible, I think it might be the cause of some of the reported issues (having to dd zero blocks somewhere in the disk...). François.