(Dropping -dev, as thisn't a development discussion). If the image is of a single partition - just one file system - then it should work, as long as the format is supported by qemu-img.
Some vendors have their kernel and ramdisk not include all drivers though, which means your 'off the shelf' kernel+ramdisk may not have the needed hardware support for your hardware. -Rob On 22 October 2013 17:14, Ravikanth Samprathi <[email protected]> wrote: > The vmdk i have is from a VM that has not been partitioned, does it mean, it > will not work? > Meaning, i cannot use an off the shelf kernel, ramdisk and use the > qcow2-converted-image-from-vmdk? > Thanks > Ravi > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Robert Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> You'll need a format qemu-img supports; diskimage-builder outputs >> qcow2 by default, for instance. >> >> Also note it must be a partition image, not a full disk image. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob >> >> On 22 October 2013 16:15, Ravikanth Samprathi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi >> > Am using a vmdk file for provisioning baremetal. But the nova failed >> > with >> > nova-compute log having the following message: >> > ERROR nova.compute.manager ..... Unexpected error while running command >> > qemu-img convert ....error while reading sector 131072 .... Invalid >> > argument. >> > >> > Can someone provide some help/pointers. >> > Thanks >> > Ravi >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > OpenStack-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Collins <[email protected]> >> Distinguished Technologist >> HP Converged Cloud >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Robert Collins <[email protected]> Distinguished Technologist HP Converged Cloud _______________________________________________ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack
