Oh forgot to mention depending on hypervisor qcow2 is *KNOWN* to have current (i.e. in the latest version) security flaws... see the qemu-developers list for detail https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Aryeh Friedman <[email protected]>wrote: > qcow2 is almost certainly the worst choice here because if the hypervisor > for some reason becomes unusable then the data is unreadable by some > hypervisors... raw is much more portabls > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Bhattacharjee, Arindam (Arindam) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Probably you need to create qcow2 image out of iso image and then use >> that qcow2 to create VMs from Openstack. >> >> Follow the instructions similar to this: >> >> http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ubuntu-image.html >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Narayanan, Krishnaprasad [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:19 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [Openstack] Error while booting VM >> >> >> >> Hallo all, >> >> >> >> Can I seek help for the problem described below? >> >> >> >> I have a VM running Ubuntu 12.04 in my OpenStack cloud and when it boots, >> I get an error message that says "Error: invalid magic number, error: You >> need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue". >> >> >> >> Can I know how to make the VM boot? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Krishnaprasad >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> >> > > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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