[Qemu-devel] Just what *is* qemu's raw disk image file format?

[Hendrik Boom]

Just what *is* qemu's raw disk image file format?

Is it just a byte-by-byte, block-by-block copy of the hard drive, such as 
can be produced by executing

cp /dev/hda imagefile

?  Or does it have more structure or headers or such?

-- hendrik