31 Jul
2013
31 Jul
'13
9:23 p.m.
i have a converted img file format i think are raw it are converted from qcow2 are it possible to convert it back to qcow2? i tryed with qemu-img convert -O qcow2 w.img w.qcow2 w.img are 75 gb fdisk w.img -l shows correct size but fdisk -l w.qcow2 shows totaly wrong! 0 mb
1 Aug
1 Aug
1:49 a.m.
On 07/31/2013 03:23 PM, mattias wrote:
but fdisk -l w.qcow2 shows totaly wrong!
You can't use fdisk on a qcow2 file (as it is not just a true image of a raw disk). I highly recommend this guide [1] in order to understand the different file formats used for disk images.
Regarding your first question: yes. You can convert from a raw image to qcow2.
HTH, Jorge
[1]: http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/output/Virtual-Disk-Operations.html
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