[Bug 1759522] Re: windows qemu-img create vpc/vhdx error

[Thomas Huth]

This is an automated cleanup. This bug report has been moved to QEMU's
new bug tracker on gitlab.com and thus gets marked as 'expired' now.
Please continue with the discussion here:

 https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/136


** Changed in: qemu
       Status: New => Expired

** Bug watch added: gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues #136
   https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/136

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Title:
  windows qemu-img create vpc/vhdx error

Status in QEMU:
  Expired

Bug description:
  On windows, using qemu-img (version 2.11.90) to create vpc/vhdx
  virtual disk tends to fail. Here's the way to reproduce:

  1. Install qemu-w64-setup-20180321.exe

  2. Use `qemu-img create -f vhdx -o subformat=fixed disk.vhdx 512M` to create 
a vhdx:
     Formatting 'disk.vhdx', fmt=vhdx size=536870912 log_size=1048576 
block_size=0 subformat=fixed

  3. Execute `qemu-img info disk.vhdx` gives the result, (note the `disk size` 
is incorrect):
     image: disk.vhdx
     file format: vhdx
     virtual size: 512M (536870912 bytes)
     disk size: 1.4M
     cluster_size: 8388608

  4. On Windows 10 (V1709), double click disk.vhdx gives an error:
     Make sure the file is in an NTFS volume and isn't in a compressed folder 
or volume.

     Using Disk Management -> Action -> Attach VHD gives an error:
     The requested operation could not be completed due to a virtual disk 
system limitation. Virtual hard disk files must be uncompressed and uneccrypted 
and must not be sparse.

  Comparison with Windows 10 created VHDX:

  1. Using Disk Management -> Action -> Create VHD:
     File name: win.vhdx
     Virtual hard disk size: 512MB
     Virtual hard disk format: VHDX
     Virtual hard disk type: Fixed size

  2. Detach VHDX

  3. Execute `qemu-img info win.vhdx` gives the result:
     image: win.vhdx
     file format: vhdx
     virtual size: 512M (536870912 bytes)
     disk size: 516M
     cluster_size: 33554432

  Comparison with qemu-img under Ubuntu:

  1. Version: qemu-img version 2.5.0 (Debian 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.16),
  Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard

  2. qemu-img create -f vhdx -o subformat=fixed lin.vhdx 512M
     Formatting 'lin.vhdx', fmt=vhdx size=536870912 log_size=1048576 
block_size=0 subformat=fixed

  3. qemu-img info lin.vhdx
     image: lin.vhdx
     file format: vhdx
     virtual size: 512M (536870912 bytes)
     disk size: 520M
     cluster_size: 8388608

  4. Load lin.vhdx under Windows 10 is ok

  The same thing happens on `vpc` format with or without
  `oformat=fixed`, it seems that windows version of qemu-img has some
  incorrect operation? My guess is that windows version of qemu-img
  doesn't handle the description field of vpc/vhdx, which leads to an
  incorrect `disk size` field.

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