From a6af8e5f96d4815c13e58af106bb9b8535f799a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Bridgett Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:56:10 +0100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Adrian Bridgett Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori --- qemu-img.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'qemu-img.texi') diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 69e24b598f..ae8ca922e0 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 -- cgit v1.2.1