Re: base format

2024-04-25 Thread Jakob Bohm via
On 2024-04-25 14:51, lacsaP Patatetom wrote: Le jeu. 25 avr. 2024 à 11:30, Peter Maydell > a écrit : On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 at 09:55, lacsaP Patatetom mailto:patate...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > hi, > > when using `qemu-img create`, why do I

Re: base format

2024-04-25 Thread Alberto Garcia
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 02:51:28PM +0200, lacsaP Patatetom wrote: > > > when using `qemu-img create`, why do I have to specify the > > > format of the base image ? can't `qemu-img` detect it itself ? > > > > Image format detection isn't 100% reliable. Notably, a 'raw' > > format image could in

Re: base format

2024-04-25 Thread lacsaP Patatetom
Le jeu. 25 avr. 2024 à 11:30, Peter Maydell a écrit : > On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 at 09:55, lacsaP Patatetom > wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > when using `qemu-img create`, why do I have to specify the format of the > base image ? > > can't `qemu-img` detect it itself ? > > Image format detection isn't

Re: base format

2024-04-25 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 at 09:55, lacsaP Patatetom wrote: > > hi, > > when using `qemu-img create`, why do I have to specify the format of the base > image ? > can't `qemu-img` detect it itself ? Image format detection isn't 100% reliable. Notably, a 'raw' format image could in theory look like any

base format

2024-04-25 Thread lacsaP Patatetom
hi, when using `qemu-img create`, why do I have to specify the format of the base image ? can't `qemu-img` detect it itself ? I understand that I have to specify the format of the created image, but I don't understand for the base image. `qemu-img create -b base.img -f qcow2 new.img` rather than