diff --git a/doc/image-guide/ch_converting.xml b/doc/image-guide/ch_converting.xml
index b44ded5b08..7c68675c66 100644
--- a/doc/image-guide/ch_converting.xml
+++ b/doc/image-guide/ch_converting.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
Converting between image formats
Converting images from one format to another is generally straightforward.
- qemu-img convert: raw, qcow2, VDI, VMDK
+ qemu-img convert: raw, qcow2, QED, VDI, VMDK, VHD
The qemu-img convert command can do conversion between multiple
- formats, including raw, qcow2, VDI (VirtualBox), VMDK (VMware) and VHD (Hyper-V).
+ formats, including qcow2, QED, raw, VDI (VirtualBox), VHD (Hyper-V), and VMDK (VMware).
qemu-img format strings
@@ -22,37 +22,45 @@
- raw |
- raw |
+ qcow2 (KVM, Xen) |
+ qcow2 |
- qcow2 |
- qcow2 |
+ QED (KVM) |
+ qed |
+
+
+ raw |
+ raw |
VDI (VirtualBox) |
vdi |
-
- VMDK (VMware) |
- vmdk |
-
VHD (Hyper-V) |
vpc |
+
+ VMDK (VMware) |
+ vmdk |
+
- This example will convert a raw image file named centos63.dsk to a qcow2 image file.
+ This example will convert a raw image file named centos7.img to a qcow2 image file.
- $ qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 centos64.dsk centos64.qcow2
+ $ qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 centos7.img centos7.qcow2
+
+ Run the following command to convert a VMDK image file to a raw image file.
+ $ qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw centos7.vmdk centos7.img
+
+ Run the following command to convert a VMDK image file to a qcow2 image file.
+ $ qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw centos7.vmdk centos7.qcow2
- To convert from vmdk to raw, you would do:
- $ qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw centos64.vmdk centos64.img
The -f format flag is optional.
- If omitted, qemu-img will try to infer the image format.
+ If omitted, qemu-img will try to infer the image format.
@@ -60,9 +68,9 @@
VBoxManage: VDI (VirtualBox) to raw
If you've created a VDI image using VirtualBox, you can convert it to raw format using
the VBoxManage command-line tool that ships with VirtualBox. On Mac
- OS X, VirtualBox stores images by default in the ~/VirtualBox VMs/
+ OS X, and Linux, VirtualBox stores images by default in the ~/VirtualBox VMs/
directory. The following example creates a raw image in the current directory from a
- VirtualBox VDI
- image.$ VBoxManage clonehd ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/fedora18.vdi fedora18.img --format raw
+ VirtualBox VDI image.
+ $ VBoxManage clonehd ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/fedora21.vdi fedora21.img --format raw