Hi, I've been creating images with virt-install (thanks by the way!) I was just wondering, is there a way to specify the disk image file type when you create the machine? I can convert it using tools from qemu, but it's an extra step and I'd prefer to have the images as qcow2 from the start if possible. I'm doing this: sudo mkdir /vservers/edi1-whatever1/ && sudo virt-install --hvm --accelerate --os-type=linux --os-variant=debianEtch --arch=x86_64 --bridge=br0 --ram=256 --vcpus=4 --check-cpu --vnc --name=edi1-whatever1 --file=/vservers/edi1-whatever1/disk0.qcow2 --file-size=8 --cdrom=/dev/cdrom --debug but the file isn't the right format: file disk0.qcow2 disk0.qcow2: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 15952482 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x5, starthead 0, startsector 15952545, 819315 sectors instead of something like this: file disk0.qcow2 disk0.qcow2: Qemu Image, Format: Qcow , Version: 2 Is there a way to specify the image type using virt-install? I've read the man file and looked on the Internet, but can't find the answer. Sorry if this is an easy question. Thanks for your help, Stephan _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
