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From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Does qemu-img use qemu-system-x86_64?
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:06:33 +0200
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Avi Kivity schrieb:
> If you're using an old image, it's worthwhile to regenerate it using 
> 'qemu-img convert' to clear any hidden corruption.

Be careful with that. qemu-img convert doesn't retain snapshots, so
you're only converting whatever the guest currently sees. But at least
checking old images is a good idea.

Kevin