QCOWFS(8)QCOWFS(8)
NAME
qcowfs – QCOW2 file system
SYNOPSIS
disk/qcowfs
[
-n
size
]
[
-m
mtpt
]
[
-s
service
]
diskimage
DESCRIPTION
Qcowfs
exposes a
data
file using the provided
diskimage
as the backing store.
The
-n
flag truncates
imagefile
with the specified
size
(in bytes) before using it.
The
-m
flag sets the
mtpt
(default /mnt/qcow).
The
-s
flag causes
qcowfs
to post its 9P service as
/srv/service.
EXAMPLES
Create a new QCOW2 diskimage and partition it
disk/qcowfs -n $size image.qcow2
disk/partfs /mnt/qcow/data
disk/mbr -m /386/mbr /dev/sdXX/data
disk/fdisk -baw /dev/sdXX/data
disk/prep /dev/sdXX/plan9
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/disk/qcowfs.c
SEE
partfs(8),
disksim(8),
prep(8)
HISTORY
qcowfs
first appeared in 9front (April, 2023).