Re: [Qemu-discuss] raw image to bootable hard disk

[Dennis Chua]

Thanks, Tim. Yes and I was having trouble with dd block sizes. I accomplished 
what I needed.

-- Dennis

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On Nov 25, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Tim Fletcher <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 16:07 -0500, Dennis chua wrote:
>> Hello to All.
>> 
>> Is there a way to transfer a qemu raw image file to a boot drive of a
>> physical machine?
>> 
>> I would like to take a VM based on a raw image file and "reimage" it
>> to a hard disk on a separate physical machine, perhaps by simply using
>> dd and a transfer media such as a USB stick. The receiving physical
>> should then boot with the copied image and present an actualized
>> instance of the VM.
>> 
>> While searching the web, I commonly see ways to go the opposite
>> direction: from a physical disk to qemu raw file that a VM can then
>> use. But I haven't found tips that meet my needs.
> 
> Unless I am really misunderstanding the problem can't you just dd the
> raw image on to the physical drive?
> 
> -- 
> Tim Fletcher <address@hidden>
> 
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