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I'm trying to convert an .iso file (Ubuntu disc image) to a .img file.
I run a command like so:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ubuntu.img ubuntu-11.04-server-amd64.iso
But no matter what, I get the error: hdiutil: convert failed - not recognized
I'm not sure how to resolve this problem or how else I can convert. Any help?
AKor
Posted 2011-05-11T00:54:27.057
Reputation: 245
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I had this same problem while trying to create an Ubuntu Server USB disk from a downloaded .iso file. Taking h0tw1r3's advice, I ran md5 ~/path/to/ubuntu-server.iso and it came back with a different value than the one found on the UbuntuHashes wiki page, indicating that my download was a "corrupted" .iso file.
To fix it, I opened the .torrent file from the Alternative Downloads page in Transmission, which automatically scanned the corrupt file in my Downloads folder, figured out what I was missing, and corrected the file by downloading only those parts. Three cheers for bittorrent!
Don Spaulding
Posted 2011-05-11T00:54:27.057
Reputation: 181
+1 for mentioning the use of BitTorrent in only re-downloading the broken parts of the file. – afrazier – 2011-09-29T13:25:20.493
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I had the same problem and even ran md5 check which was successful, the problem was the order of the parameters in the command.
Try this:
hdiutil convert ubuntu-11.04-server-amd64.iso -format UDRW -o ubuntu.img
chaps
Posted 2011-05-11T00:54:27.057
Reputation: 141
2Are you sure the iso is not corrupt? Are you able to mount the iso? – h0tw1r3 – 2011-05-11T04:18:59.633
Works for me. I second @h0tw1r3's suspicion that the iso file is broken. – Daniel Beck – 2011-05-11T05:38:17.627