From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXum6-0005ZW-Cs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:55:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXum4-0005Z2-Lr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:55:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52520 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXum4-0005Yz-Fg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:55:56 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40418 helo=mx2.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXum4-0003ey-0k for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:55:56 -0500 Received: from Relay2.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437E147C5B for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:55:54 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49954555.1050403@suse.de> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:03:01 +0100 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-img References: <1234458957.3827.9.camel@TuxBox.mobab> In-Reply-To: <1234458957.3827.9.camel@TuxBox.mobab> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org D. Schreiber schrieb: > Hello, > > is it possible to add "pipe"-Mode like this? > > dd if=/dev/sda | qemu-img convert -f raw - -O qcow2 newImage.img > > I know i can read directly from device, but in some cases (i.e. get data > from netcat) it would be nice to convert from stdin. Alternative: read > from fifo. That shouldn't be too difficult to implement. It just needs someone to do it. > Another wish is to mount an compressed qcow-Image as loop-Device. You can use qemu-nbd instead. Kevin