vboxmanage convertfromraw

peter:/mnt # vboxmanage convertfromraw
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.1.16
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Usage:

VBoxManage convertfromraw   <filename> <outputfile>
                            [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD]
                            [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
                            [--uuid <uuid>
VBoxManage convertfromraw   stdin <outputfile> <bytes>
                            [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD]
                            [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
                            [--uuid <uuid>


peter:/mnt # vboxmanage convertfromraw /mnt/bcnasvm1/bcvm01-18/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk --format vmdk --variant Fixed
Converting from raw image file="/mnt/bcnasvm1/bcvm01-18/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk" to file="tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk"...
Creating fixed image with size 1825370588160 bytes (1740810MB)...
VBoxManage: error: Cannot create the disk image "tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk": VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER

peter:/mnt # vboxmanage convertfromraw /mnt/bcnasvm1/bcvm01-18/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vdi --format vdi --variant Fixed
Converting from raw image file="/mnt/bcnasvm1/bcvm01-18/bcvm01-18-flat.vmdk" to file="tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vdi"...
Creating fixed image with size 1825370588160 bytes (1740810MB)...
VBoxManage: error: Cannot create the disk image "tempbcserver7/bcvm01-18-flat.vdi": VERR_VD_INVALID_TYPE