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From: Frans de Boer <frans@fransdb.nl>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Stupid question?
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On 02/26/2011 11:22 PM, Dushyant Bansal wrote:
> On Sunday 27 February 2011 03:45 AM, Frans de Boer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is the only QEMU list, so I put my question her.
>> How can I copy the contents of a "*.raw" image to a real HD partition 
>> or vice versa.
>> I often use a virtual image using qemu/kvm to test some OS's and want 
>> to migrate them to a HD partition if the time is right. Also, I like 
>> to preserve old partitions for future use/reference.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Regards, Frans.
>>
> You can mount it using losetup.
> http://blog.piotrj.org/2009/03/mounting-raw-kvmqemu-image.html
>
> Thanks,
> Dushyant
>
Thanks, that seems a good way to start. Sorry for the obvious, but Linux 
has so many options/features, I sometimes use the lazy way to get answers.

Regards, Frans.