Package: qemu Version: 0.8.1-1 Severity: normal qemu-img should tell that its argument is a copy-on-write image, and report the name of the base file:
$ qemu-img info w98.qcow image: w98.qcow file format: qcow virtual size: 1.0G (1048576000 bytes) disk size: 5.8M THe "file" utility tells more! : $ file w98.qcow w98.qcow: QEMU Copy-On-Write disk image version 1, size 0 + 1048576000 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages qemu depends on: ii bochsbios 2.2.6-2 BIOS for the Bochs emulator ii libasound2 1.0.11-3 ALSA library ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.10-3 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii openhackware 0.4.1-2 OpenFirmware emulator for PowerPC ii proll 18-2 JavaStation PROM 2.x compatible re ii vgabios 0.5d-1 VGA BIOS software for the Bochs an ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages qemu recommends: ii debootstrap 0.3.3 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii sharutils 1:4.2.1-15 shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]