Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-24 Thread Don Kitchen
> > - I noticed that images refer to their base image using an absolute path. Is > > there a way to change an image's base image reference? (for example when the > > base image is renamed / moved to a different directory) > qemu-img convert [-c] -O qcow > should do what you want. I believe that

Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-24 Thread Don Kitchen
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-24 Thread Michael McConnell
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Don Kitchen wrote: > > > - I noticed that images refer to their base image using an absolute path. > > > Is > > > there a way to change an image's base image reference? (for example when > > > the > > > base image is renamed / moved to a different directory) > > qemu-img con

Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-22 Thread Michael McConnell
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, David Roberts wrote: > > qemu-img convert [-c] -O qcow > > > > should do what you want. > Great. However, does that mean that I cannot compress an image without > merging > it with its base image? I believe so, yes. It makes sense for the changes file to be uncompressed,

Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-21 Thread David Roberts
> qemu-img convert [-c] -O qcow > > should do what you want. Great. However, does that mean that I cannot compress an image without merging it with its base image? -- David Roberts :) http://kavenc.sf.net/ ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@non

Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-21 Thread Eric Hameleers
David Roberts wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a couple of questions about creating images linked to base images: > - `qemu-img commit` commits changes directly to the base image. Is there a way > to create a new merged image with the changes so as not to change the > original? > - I noticed that images

Re: [Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-21 Thread David Roberts
> Would be nice if a command like: >   "qemu-img relocate -p " > would be added. Yes, thats the kind of thing I was hoping for. > I have been able sometimes to hack new path names into the header of > the qemu image-file but that is not an ideal solution, and it is not > always possible. Does sed

[Qemu-devel] Base images

2006-11-21 Thread David Roberts
Hi, I've got a couple of questions about creating images linked to base images: - `qemu-img commit` commits changes directly to the base image. Is there a way to create a new merged image with the changes so as not to change the original? - I noticed that images refer to their base image using a