I retract comment "a)I would have expected that the monolithic flat
would have created only one large file just like sparse, but it seems to
create a description file, in addition to the storing file."
pdf vmdk_specs-1.pdf "Virtual Disk Format 1.1"
(https://www.vmware.com/app/vmdk/?src=vmdk) on
Public bug reported:
- on a CIFS mount qemu-img claims not to have permissions to write into a file.
- VMDK sparse file creation succeeds
- VMDK Flat file creation create the flat-file, but fails to write the
description-file
- VMDK flat file creation succeeds on native linux mount such as
