Open Dmg File On Virtualbox

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I have recently downloaded a Linux operating system for testing. The downloaded OS was in IMG format, and Oracle VirtualBox doesn’t support the IMG format. So, I had to find a way to use IMG file in VirtualBox. After a bit of google search, I found a simple command to convert the IMG file to VDI file. VDI file, Virtual Disk Image, is the default disk image file for VirtualBox. In layman terms, VDI is the virtual hard disk of a guest machine. Unlike physical hard disk, we can expand the size of virtual hard disk without losing any data. The disk image files can be created either in fixed size or dynamically allocated size.

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IMG file, also known as Image file, that can be used to distribute the whole image of a disc. It is similar to ISO file. It is mostly useful for dumping the video games. We can mount the IMG files in the computer and play the games without having to burn them in a physical disk. Not just games, we can write operating system and applications in IMG format. IMG is the default disk image format for QEMU, an open source virtualization software.

Hope you got the basic idea about VDI and IMG files. Now, let us see how to convert IMG file to VDI file using VirtualBox.

Open VirtualBox and at the top of the Window, click on the “new” button. This will open a wizard that will help you through the virtual machine creation process. Throughout this process, you will be asked to provide various kinds of information. Provide the virtual machine name as macOS 10.14 Mojave and the type as Mac OS X. Download VirtualBox installation DMG from select OS X hosts. Double-click on the DMG file, to mount the contents. A window opens, prompting you to double-click on the VirtualBox.pkg installer file dis-played in that window. Dec 14, 2019 After you have downloaded dmg files, you can initiate making a bootable USB installer. On a Windows PC this can be done via a software called “TransMac” TransMac is available in both 10 days trail version and premium version. If you can effort i suggest you to use the full version. Read Also: Install MacOS Catalina on VirtualBox on Windows PC. Jan 15, 2020 A DMG file is a Mac OS X system disk image file. Just as the ISO file use in Windows system installations, the files with DMG extension also use on Mac systems. Apple Mac OS X uses the files with.dmg extensions to install a software. The password of below dmg file is soft98.ir; Download macOS Mojave dmg file; And you can get the latest version of macOS Catalina 10.15 VMDK and dmg file from below given link. Jul 16, 2018 Mount DMG File on VirtualBox or VMware with Windows OS Host By the way, converting the DMG to ISO will help you to mount the installation disk on VMware workstation as well. Syntax is dmg2img file.dmg destination file.iso.

Convert IMG File To VDI File Using Oracle VirtualBox

You must install Oracle VirtualBox before starting to convert the IMG files. Oracle VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization software. It is available in the default repositories of modern GNU/Linux operating systems.

Once VirtualBox installed, go to the location where you have the IMG file.

The syntax to convert a IMG file to VDI file is:

Example:

Replace the img file with your own file.

Sample output:

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It will take a few moments to convert IMG file to VDI.

Download – Free Guide: “VirtualBox Essentials Guide”

Import VDI File in Oracle VirtualBox

Open Oracle VirtualBox. Click New on the Menu bar to create a new Virtual machine.

Enter the name of the virtual machine. I named it as “Test”.

Next assign the Memory size to the Virtual Machine.

Here comes the important part. As we already have created the virtual hard file (VDI), you must select the option “Use an existing virtual hard disk file”. Choose the VDI file location an click Create.

That’s it. Now, start exploring the Virtual Machine.