#21 [Feature] Add QCOW Image

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opened 4 years ago by zssfafssassa · 3 comments

Feature: Add pre-made QCOW Image

Why?: Several reasons, the first one being that many hosting providers support custom OSes using QCOW (example).

Another reason is for testing purposes as VMs can be created and destroyed very quickly.

The third reason is efficiency, pre-made QCOW images are generally faster than importing an ISO as they can skip anything that is already provided by QEMU.

What is QCOW?: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qcow


**Feature**: Add pre-made [QCOW](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qcow) Image **Why?**: Several reasons, the first one being that many hosting providers support custom OSes using QCOW ([example](https://www.exoscale.com/syslog/exoscale-custom-templates-release/)). Another reason is for testing purposes as VMs can be created and destroyed very quickly. The third reason is efficiency, pre-made QCOW images are _generally_ faster than importing an ISO as they can skip anything that is already provided by QEMU. **What is QCOW?**: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qcow ______________________
Matías Fonzo commented 4 years ago
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Hello,

This sounds interesting, I will try to see it in more detail and I will come back with an answer as soon as I can. Thank you.

Hello, This sounds interesting, I will try to see it in more detail and I will come back with an answer as soon as I can. Thank you.

Hello @selk!

This article describes how you can create and mount qemu image. Then you will need just copy files from the stage 1 and install bootloader ...

Hello @selk! This [article][1] describes how you can create and mount qemu image. Then you will need just copy files from the stage 1 and install bootloader ... [1]: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Images
Matías Fonzo commented 2 years ago
Owner

Thanks for pointing this out!

I will keep this in mind at release time.

Thanks for pointing this out! I will keep this in mind at release time.
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