Re: base format

[Peter Maydell]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 at 09:55, lacsaP Patatetom <patatetom@gmail.com> 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 of the other
image types if it happens to start with the right kind of data.

thanks
-- PMM