Convert raw disk file or physical disk to vmdk with qemu:
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Note: you will need Qemu allready installed on linux for this to work.

Command to convert raw disk image (such as raw, img, bin, iso, dd, ect.) to a vmdk file:
qemu-img convert -O vmdk imagefile.img vmdkname.vmdk

Command to convert physical disk to vmdk (Linux only):
qemu-img convert -O vmdk /dev/sda vmdkname.vmdk
(Replace sda with path of entire drive).

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Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/454899/how-to-convert-flat-raw-disk-image-to-vmdk-for-virtualbox-or-vmplayer
Date: June 1st, 2021