>> >> > or contrawise: on the other formats the metadata is updated in the >> > correct order? >> > >> > >> raw is the only format we're sure of. > > With that in mind I converted my qcow2 image to raw, and I'm trying to > use that as a base image to create a new raw (writeable) image: > > #qemu-img create -b vista.raw vista.delta Formatting 'vista.delta', > fmt=raw, backing_file=vista.raw, size=20971520 kB qemu-img: Formatting > or formatting option not supported for file format 'raw' > > Doesn't that seem like a bug? Do people just not use raw images in this > way?
you can only use a backing file with qcow2 IMHO. also snapshots (savevm/ loadvm) work only with qcow2. - Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
