On 2015-03-03 12:03 pm, Mark Rogers wrote:
I've tried (and failed) to find a way to determine whether this is indeed a VMWare .dsk file.
You may try "qemu-img info FILE". With a bit of luck you might get some more information about the format of the file, if it is indeed a VM format. If the file format is recognised, you can then "qemu-img convert" it to another format, or just start it with qemu/kvm.
Thomas