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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?

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Are you sure the iso is not corrupt? Are you able to mount the iso? – h0tw1r3 May 11 '11 at 4:18
Works for me. I second @h0tw1r3's suspicion that the iso file is broken. – Daniel Beck May 11 '11 at 5:38
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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.

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!

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+1 for mentioning the use of BitTorrent in only re-downloading the broken parts of the file. – afrazier Sep 29 '11 at 13:25
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