KVM / Qemu¶
Create an image¶
qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.img 4G
Install a machine¶
qemu-kvm -m 1024 -boot -once=d -cdrom cd.iso disk.img
Start a machine¶
qemu-kvm -m 1024 disk.img
Start qemu monitor¶
qemu-kvm -m 1024 disk.img -monitor stdin
Downloading disk images¶
Grab an image from http://pvirtualboxes.org or http://virtual-machine.org or http://virtualboximages.com/
Convert virtualbox or vmware image¶
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 Platte.(vdi|vmdk) Platte.img
Convert to older Qcow version¶
qemu-img convert disk.img -O qcow2 -o compat=0.10 -c disk-2.img
Resize disk¶
Switch off machine
Resize only disk image (filesystem left alone)
qemu-img resize disk.img +10G
Or create a new bigger image
qemu-img create -f qcow2 new-disk.img 20G
Disk encryption¶
Create
qemu-img create -e -f qcow2 disk.img 10G
Convert
qemu-img convert -e -O qcow2 disk.img disc-enc.img