title: How to convert a qemu image (2 pflash + ide) to virtualbox vdi?
body: <p>I am starting a VM with QEMU this way:</p>
  
  <pre><code>qemu-system-x86_64 \
      -m 512M \
      -drive file=ovmf.qcow2,if=pflash,format=qcow2,unit=0,readonly=on \
      -drive file=ovmf.vars.qcow2,if=pflash,format=qcow2,unit=1 \
      -nographic \
      -drive file=file.uefiimg,if=ide,format=raw
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>fdisk -l file.uefiimg</code> output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Disk file.uefiimg: 2 GiB, 2147483648 bytes, 4194304 sectors
  Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disklabel type: gpt
  Disk identifier: DC9B048E-91D0-4DD0-BD7A-4D6130AA726F
  
  Device          Start     End Sectors  Size Type
  file.uefiimg1   16384   49151   32768   16M EFI System
  file.uefiimg2   49152 1589247 1540096  752M Linux filesystem
  file.uefiimg3 1589248 3129343 1540096  752M Linux filesystem
  file.uefiimg4 3129344 4177919 1048576  512M Linux filesystem
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now the tricky part is that I would like to start this on Virtualbox. If not possible vmware is also an option. I tried converting the uefiimg to a raw image with VBoxManage then to vdi, without success. I think the main problem was that I need to include the qcow2 files. I read about those 2 files, inserted as pflash but I don't understand how to load them in VirtualBox (or if it's possible)</p>