On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Don Kitchen wrote: > > > - I noticed that images refer to their base image using an absolute path. > > > Is > > > there a way to change an image's base image reference? (for example when > > > the > > > base image is renamed / moved to a different directory) > > qemu-img convert [-c] <changes-file> -O qcow <new-base-file> > > should do what you want. > > I believe that forces a delta file to merge in with its base. Definately not > the same as relocation.
The original question I answered: David Roberts wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a couple of questions about creating images linked to base images: > - `qemu-img commit` commits changes directly to the base image. Is there a > way to create a new merged image with the changes so as not to change the > original? ...and my qemu-img convert command above will do exactly that. Your misquoting has implied the command I gave would do something else, which it won't. -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell Eridani Star System MailStripper - http://www.MailStripper.eu/ - SMTP spam filter Mail Me Anywhere - http://www.MailMeAnywhere.com/ - Mobile email _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
