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On 05.01.2022 16:46, MichaIng wrote:
Package: qemu-utils
Version: 1:6.1+dfsg-8+b2
Aiming to automate VM image creation, I recognised that on Debian, qemu-img does not support the Parallels virtualizer hds virtual disk image format.
Generally it seems to be supported by QEMU, like here on RHEL 7:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/virtualization_deployment_and_administration_guide/sect-using_qemu_img-supported_qemu_img_formats
In more than 10 years (since 2008) of qemu supporting parallels being in Debian
(and Ubuntu), you're the first person to ask for actual parallels support.
Parallels format is described in an xml file, so in order to read it, qemu needs
libxml which is not being used for anything else in qemu.
Before enabling it, I'd like to understand why do you want to see it.
"Aiming to automate VM image creation" is something I don't understand. There
are a lot of tools which automate vm image creation and manipulation, and none
of them needs parallels so far. Do you want to provide parallels format images
just because "thery're generally to be supported"?
Thanks,
/mjt
