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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Warn if a qcow (not qcow2) file is opened


From: Kevin Wolf
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Warn if a qcow (not qcow2) file is opened
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:13 +0200
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Amit Shah schrieb:
> On (Mon) Jun 29 2009 [17:04:49], Avi Kivity wrote:
>> The qcow block driver format is no longer maintained and likely contains
>> serious data corruptors.  Urge users to stay away for it, and advertise
>> the new and improved replacement.
> 
> Does this also print the message at the time of creating the image? (And
> isn't qcow the default image format?)

No, I don't think the image is opened by qemu-img create, create is a
different operation. And the default format is raw.

Kevin




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