Re: [Qemu-devel] how can I make the small linux image(QCOW2) for ARM platform?

[Roy Tam]

2010/3/23 현해일 <address@hidden>:
> Hi, my name is haeil.
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> I want to get small linux image file for ARM platform or x86 platform. This
> image file must be QCOW2 format because I want to use snapshot function.
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> Already I did try to covert the raw image file(download from qemu.org) to
> QCOW2 image format by using convert function. But, it’s not working on my
> x86 PC.
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How did you use qemu-img command to convert the image?

for me, the following command works in Windows environment:
qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 linux-0.2.img linux-0.2.qcow2

and even with compression:
qemu-img convert -c -f raw -O qcow2 linux-0.2.img linux-0.2.cqcow2

and both of them boots.

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> So, how can I make the small linux image(QCOW2) for ARM platform?
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> if you have any idea, please let me know.
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> regards.
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> -heail
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