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Hello
> Creating a temp file maybe?
>=20
I'm using qemu-img from an initrd so i can't create big file into a=20
temps file.
Creating a temp file may cause deployment to be 2 times longer:
  - ssh ... "cat image.dd" > temp_file
  - qemu-img convert temp_file -O raw /dev/sda


Cheers,
Fran=E7ois