[virt-tools-list] Is the default of "format" raw? (virt-install)

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Thu Mar 13 15:02:37 UTC 2014


On 03/13/2014 04:14 AM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peng Yu [mailto:pengyu.ut at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:30 PM
>> To: Chen Hanxiao
>> Cc: virt-tools-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Is the default of "format" raw?
> (virt-install)
>>
>>> What version do you use?
>>> In upstream, I found this in virt-install man page:
>>
>> $  virt-install --version
>> 0.600.4
>>
> The commit I mentioned in the last mail was introduced on Feb, 2014
> So your virt-install is a little old.
> 
> # virt-install --version
> 1.0.0
> 
>>> "If not specified when creating file images, this will default to
> 'qcow2'."
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Peng

Yup, qcow2 is the default for 1.0.0 (if using qemu driver), all other releases
defaulted to raw in all cases.

- Cole




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