Yes but raw data keeps the entire space so if you have a 40gb drive and only use 1gb you are stuck with 40gb. Whereas, qcow2 does not.
Ciao Remo On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:50, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.fried...@gmail.com> 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) > <arindam.bhattachar...@alcatel-lucent.com> 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:naray...@uni-mainz.de] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:19 AM > To: openstack@lists.openstack.org > 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 : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org > !DSPAM:1,52f3aa0339243727140205! > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > !DSPAM:1,52f3aa0339243727140205!
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