[CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"
Arun Khan
knura9 at gmail.com
Wed May 25 04:12:54 EDT 2011
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndTodd <margoandtodd at gmail.com> wrote:
.....
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.
>
> 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.
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Arun Khan
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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