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JPB

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Converting VirtualBox .vdi to qcow2 for
« on: October 01, 2012, 07:56:56 pm »
After some Googling I found some users with some success in converting VirtualBox to qcow for the use in KVM on Zentyal 3

on the bottom of page Convert Virtualbox vdi to KVM qcow I found a One-Liner but it also states that the tool used was a newer version that ships in Zentyal 3.0
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qemu-img convert -f vdi oldImage.vdi -O qcow2 newImage.qcow
Works for me also.
qemu-img version 1.0.50

How can I update my Older copy of the tool
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qemu-img version 1.0, Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard
usage: qemu-img command [command options]
QEMU disk image utility

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Re: Converting VirtualBox .vdi to qcow2 for
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2012, 08:02:10 pm »
http://forum.zentyal.org/index.php/topic,8969.msg50167.html#msg50167

I posted some links on there and the qemu/images wikibooks is quite good.

I just installed virt-manager in the desktop as that way you can just point at a iso.

also ubuntu-vm-builder does a good cli job as well
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Re: Converting VirtualBox .vdi to qcow2 for
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2012, 08:07:48 pm »
http://forum.zentyal.org/index.php/topic,8969.msg50167.html#msg50167

I posted some links on there and the qemu/images wikibooks is quite good.

I just installed virt-manager in the desktop as that way you can just point at a iso.

I have user VirtualBox for some years now and know it by heart, I do not want to contaminate my Zentyal Distro by adding that to the install if Zentyal can in the end come through for me.
The solution I seek is a known update that Zentyal did not yet include but is available - I just need the correct procedure to upgrade ONLY this file and dependencies / Module or component in such a way I can run it stand-alone or it be eventually overwritten by the normal upgrade procedures via apt-get upgrade.