The bdrv_create() implementation of the block/raw-win32 "file" protocol driver should strip the "file:" prefix from filenames if present.
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mre...@redhat.com> --- block/raw-win32.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c index 0755434..9954748 100644 --- a/block/raw-win32.c +++ b/block/raw-win32.c @@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options, int fd; int64_t total_size = 0; + strstart(filename, "file:", &filename); + /* Read out options */ while (options && options->name) { if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) { -- 1.9.0