On 05/25/2011 01:12 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndToddmargoandtodd@gmail.com wrote:
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The thread caught my eye while cleaning up my folders :) My two cents is somewhat late; you may have already resolved your question :)
However, since I did not see any replies ...
Is it as easy as?
qemu-img convert -f vdi oldImage.vdi -O qcow2 newImage.qcow
Yup! I don't use the -f option. qemu-img auto detects the input file format.
Thank you!
Do I need a ton of disk space to go to a full hard drive then back to a small virtual hard drive?
Do I need the Virtual Box XML file for anything or just the VDI?
Please elaborate on the above points. I don't understand what you are trying to do.
The XML file contains all the Virtual Box machine settings -- hard drive type and size, mouse, floppy drive, number of cores etc.. I was unclear if 'qemu-img convert" needed to know any of this or did it just need the raw hard drive.
What I am trying to do is ween myself off of Virtual Box. And now that Xfce 64 bit is getting close, I am about to pull the trigger.
Thank you for the help!
-T