Gabe,

ec2-bundle-vol works by packaging up the file system of the running instance 
into an image, which will be stored in one of the excluded directories (usually 
/tmp or /mnt) where as ec2-bundle-image works with existing images.

Hope that helps,

Ivan

On 10/12/2010, at 8:19 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote:

> Thanks, Ivan.
> 
> I'm still wondering about my question, though.  Does anyone know
> exactly how ec2-bundle-vol works with a filesystem dump vs disk image?
> 
> -g
> 
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Forget what I said earlier, there is now a Ubuntu 10.10 AMI for micro
>> instances - the daily build. http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/maverick/current/
>> Try AMI 06d4226f for example.
>> Ivan
>> 
>> On 08/12/2010, at 9:57 AM, Clifford Heath wrote:
>> 
>> On 08/12/2010, at 9:50 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote:
>> 
>> The docs for ec2-bundle-vol say: "Create a bundled AMI by taking a
>> 
>> snapshot of the local machine's root file system, compressing,
>> 
>> encrypting and signing the snapshot."
>> 
>> Does that mean that if I have a current ec2 instance running on a
>> 
>> mounted ebs volume that's 14 gigs big, but I'm only using 4 gigs of
>> 
>> space on it, then after I ec2-bundle-vol it, I'll end up with a 4 gig
>> 
>> (ish) ami image that I could restore to, say, a 5 gig ebs volume?
>> 
>> That's a good question Gabe, but the answer is not in the above statement.
>> It will depend on whether the "snapshot" is a disk image or a filesystem
>> dump.
>> 
>> Does anyone know? I'd like the answer too.
>> 
>> Clifford Heath.
>> 
>> 
>> -g
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> There isn't an official one yet, but you could use the ec2-bundle-vol to
>> make one, just set the size to something that will fit a micro instance.
>> 
>> -Ivan
>> 
>> On 08/12/2010, at 9:02 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote:
>> 
>> Hmm.  Has anyone noticed if they've got an adjusted Ubuntu 10 LTS
>> 
>> image that fits on the 'free' Micro instance disk space yet?
>> 
>> -g
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl
>> 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> 
>> I'm using the latest Ubuntu 10.10 images
>> 
>> from http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/release/
>> 
>> Seems to be setup quite nicely and haven't had any issues.
>> 
>> Ivan
>> 
>> On 29/11/2010, at 10:54 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
>> 
>> I've been slow to catch onto this whole "cloud" thing and it seems
>> 
>> like every man and his dog has their own virtual images. There were
>> 
>> 6077 EC2 community images at last count! For those who use EC2 (or an
>> 
>> AMI compatible cloud provider) which ones do you use?
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