On Tuesday 16 February 2010 07:39:50 satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi folks, Hi, > Host - Fedora 12 64bit > Windows Vista 32bit - running another drive > KVM > > > $ sudo fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0003a4bf > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 26 204800 83 Linux > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sda2 26 121601 976555201 8e Linux LVM > > Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4866 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0883bef2 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 4867 39086080 7 HPFS/NTFS > > Disk /dev/dm-0: 989.7 GB, 989704749056 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 120324 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/dm-1: 10.3 GB, 10284433408 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1250 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > - end - > > > I have created; > > $ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/home/satimis/VM/VMWIN/vm07_vista.qcow2 > 78177792+0 records in > 78177792+0 records out > 40027029504 bytes (40 GB) copied, 1160.35 s, 34.5 MB/s When you "dd" off a device it will always be raw format, kvm will recognize it as raw even though the extension is qcow2. If you really want a qcow container you have to convert it with "qemu-img". > > I haven't figured out what options will be up on running; > > qemu /home/satimis/VM/VMWIN/vm07_vista.qcow2 <options> > > -m 1024 ? > -soundhw all ? man qemu gives you all the available options. There are also a lot of examples on google and on this mailing list. > etc. > > > Will /etc/libvirt/qemu/vm07_vista.xml be created automatically running > above command? For hard drives you should use something like this: -drive file=hda.qcow2,boot=on Again, check the manpage for more details on drive options. Cheers, Thomas > Please shed me some light. Pointer would be appreciated. TIA > > > B.R. > Stephen L > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
