Public bug reported: QCOW2's created on Trusty (Qemu 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2) fail when attempting any operation (read/mount/resize, etc) on Precise (1.0 +noroms-0ubuntu13).
This bug is affecting the cloud image build process for newer architectures. On 14.04 $ qemu-img create -o compat=0.10 -f qcow2 test.img 1G Formatting 'test.img', fmt=qcow2 size=1073741824 compat='0.10' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off On 12.04 $ qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 /tmp/test.img 'hda' uses a qcow2 feature which is not supported by this qemu version: QCOW version 3 qemu-nbd: Failed to bdrv_open '/tmp/test.img': Operation not supported ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: qemu 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 20 15:58:39 2014 Ec2AMI: ami-00000778 Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova Ec2InstanceType: cpu2-ram10-disk50-ephemeral20 Ec2Kernel: aki-00000548 Ec2Ramdisk: ari-00000548 SourcePackage: qemu UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: qemu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282655 Title: qcow2 images are not backwards compatiable with 12.04's qcow2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1282655/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs