The 'qemu-img convert' new command option 'force read' with the key '-R' allows converting a damaged image to get all the available information in case of the read errors. The program reports read errors and continue the image conversion. The users should keep in their minds that the resulting image is inconsistent.
Andrey Shinkevich (2): qemu-img convert: ignore read errors iotests: new test 253 check qemu-img convert force read qemu-img-cmds.hx | 4 +-- qemu-img.c | 18 ++++++++++-- qemu-img.texi | 2 +- tests/qemu-iotests/253 | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tests/qemu-iotests/253.out | 4 +++ tests/qemu-iotests/group | 1 + 6 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100755 tests/qemu-iotests/253 create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/253.out -- 1.8.3.1