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converting_a_partition_image_to_a_disk_image [2009/09/14 18:31] Michael Fenn created |
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| First, create an empty disk (raw format) | First, create an empty disk (raw format) | ||
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| qemu-img create -f raw 10G starworker.img | qemu-img create -f raw 10G starworker.img | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| Next we will need to mount the root partition of the VM offline. To do this, we will need to use fdisk on the disk image to find the start of the root partition. | Next we will need to mount the root partition of the VM offline. To do this, we will need to use fdisk on the disk image to find the start of the root partition. | ||
| - | <code> | + | <code bash> |
| fdisk -lu starworker.img | fdisk -lu starworker.img | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| Now mount the both the new and old filesystems and copy the files. | Now mount the both the new and old filesystems and copy the files. | ||
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| - | mount -o loop starworker_partimg /mnt/looppart/ | + | mount -o loop starworker_part.img /mnt/looppart/ |
| mount -o loop,offset=$(( $START * $UNITS )) starworker.img /mnt/loopdisk/ | mount -o loop,offset=$(( $START * $UNITS )) starworker.img /mnt/loopdisk/ | ||
| cp -a /mnt/looppart/* /mnt/loopdisk | cp -a /mnt/looppart/* /mnt/loopdisk | ||
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