Stephan wrote: > 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. > There isn't a way to do so as of yet. But as a workaround, rather than converting the image after the fact, you could use qemu-img to create the qcow file ahead of time, and just point virt-manager at it with the --file option, and it should all work. Thanks, Cole _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
