Am 02.02.2010 18:47, schrieb Naphtali Sprei: > Hi, > when I use a qcow2 image based on a base image, what should happen when I > invoke the commit command from the qemu monitor ? > Is it expected/intended to "flush" the data into the base image ?
Yes, this is what it's meant to do. > IIUC, that is what happening in the released qemu (0.12). > I would expect it not to touch the base image. Well, committing to the base image without touching it sounds rather difficult. ;-) If you don't want to touch the backing file, don't use the commit command. Kevin
