[Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[Udo 'Robos' Puetz]

Hi List.
Since it hasn't been discussed on the list: vmware wants to establish their
disk format as a sort of standard and therefore gives away their specs for
it - with specific mention of gpl projects. The article where I found this
is here, in german:
http://www.golem.de/0604/44434.html
At the end it says: 
"You can get the specs via email from this page:
http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/vmdk.html"
At least this could be used for qemu to import the vmdk images...
Cheers
Robos

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Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[Jim C. Brown]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:23:41AM +0200, Udo 'Robos' Puetz wrote:
> At least this could be used for qemu to import the vmdk images...
> Cheers
> Robos
> 

This is already supported, as is creating them and using them directly.
(I was amazed when I first found out as well.)

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Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[maestro]

Am Montag, den 03.04.2006, 19:55 -0400 schrieb Jim C. Brown:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:23:41AM +0200, Udo 'Robos' Puetz wrote:
> > At least this could be used for qemu to import the vmdk images...
> > Cheers
> > Robos
> > 
> 
> This is already supported, as is creating them and using them directly.
> (I was amazed when I first found out as well.)
> 
afaik they are only supported when the images consist of only 1 file. at
least i was not able to run split images (e.g. every 2gb)

as always i might be wrong on this 
cheers
maestro

Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[Jim C. Brown]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:09:06AM +0200, maestro wrote:
> > This is already supported, as is creating them and using them directly.
> > (I was amazed when I first found out as well.)
> > 
> afaik they are only supported when the images consist of only 1 file. at
> least i was not able to run split images (e.g. every 2gb)
> 
> as always i might be wrong on this 

Your right about this - but I talked to one of the vmdk developers, and he
said that the lack of support was due to the lack of demand. (It is real
easy to use dd to convert split images into single images, so support for this
is not really needed.)

Basically, if u want split images to be supported in qemu, speak up now. ;)

> cheers
> maestro
> 
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Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[maestro]

Am Dienstag, den 04.04.2006, 09:36 -0400 schrieb Jim C. Brown:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:09:06AM +0200, maestro wrote:
> > > This is already supported, as is creating them and using them directly.
> > > (I was amazed when I first found out as well.)
> > > 
> > afaik they are only supported when the images consist of only 1 file. at
> > least i was not able to run split images (e.g. every 2gb)
> > 
> > as always i might be wrong on this 
> 
> Your right about this - but I talked to one of the vmdk developers, and he
> said that the lack of support was due to the lack of demand. (It is real
> easy to use dd to convert split images into single images, so support for this
> is not really needed.)
> 
> Basically, if u want split images to be supported in qemu, speak up now. ;)

well "want them to be supported" might be a little too much - i just
think if some of the devs are bored this might be a way to save some
people from hours/minutes hanging around the irc-channel and/or mailing
list.

just my 0.02eur
cheers
maestro

Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[David Fraser]

Jim C. Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:09:06AM +0200, maestro wrote:
>   
>>> This is already supported, as is creating them and using them directly.
>>> (I was amazed when I first found out as well.)
>>>
>>>       
>> afaik they are only supported when the images consist of only 1 file. at
>> least i was not able to run split images (e.g. every 2gb)
>>
>> as always i might be wrong on this 
>>     
>
> Your right about this - but I talked to one of the vmdk developers, and he
> said that the lack of support was due to the lack of demand. (It is real
> easy to use dd to convert split images into single images, so support for this
> is not really needed.)
>
> Basically, if u want split images to be supported in qemu, speak up now. ;)
>   
I speak! It would be great to be able to use the split images, so that 
you don't have to alter the files to import them into qemu... 
Particularly using split files directly and then being able to use the 
same image from vmware...

David

Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[Julian Seward]

> > Basically, if u want split images to be supported in qemu, speak up now.
> > ;)
>
> I speak! 

Me too!  I've always used split images with vmware; they are 
easier to manage than files tens of gigabytes long.

J

Re: [Qemu-devel] vmware puts up specs for it's disk format

[M.A. Williamson]

>> Basically, if u want split images to be supported in qemu, speak up 
>> now. ;)
>>   
>I speak! It would be great to be able to use the split images, so that 
>you don't have to alter the files to import them into qemu... 
>Particularly using split files directly and then being able to use the 
>same image from vmware...

I've missed this feature too, actually.

Cheers,
Mark