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| author | Adrian Bridgett <adrian@smop.co.uk> | 2009-10-01 11:56:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2009-10-06 14:36:09 -0500 |
| commit | a6af8e5f96d4815c13e58af106bb9b8535f799a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e61fb80e4787d6e571489e9a43c6637b057758e /qemu-img.texi | |
| parent | 45a50b1668822c23afc2a89f724654e176518bc4 (diff) | |
add host_device format description to qemu-img manpage
Converting files using "qemu-img convert" onto logical volumes (or any
block device) you need to use the currently undocumented "host_device"
format. This patch adds the required documentation to the manpage.
Reported-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-img.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-img.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 69e24b598..ae8ca922e 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ Linux or NTFS on Windows), then only the written sectors will reserve space. Use @code{qemu-img info} to know the real size used by the image or @code{ls -ls} on Unix/Linux. +@item host_device + +Host device format. This format should be used instead of raw when +converting to block devices or other devices where "holes" are not +supported. + @item qcow2 QEMU image format, the most versatile format. Use it to have smaller images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example |