On 12/08/2010 12:31 PM, Zdenek Styblik wrote: And to answer myself. 1] lsof <image_that's_being_cloned> && kill that process 2] being slow ~ since I wanted to keep format as a source, why not to just % cp; instead qemu and convert? This one I don't understand. --- SNIP --- /usr/bin/qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 <src> <trgt> --- SNIP --- But it surely does explain why is it "so" slow, because % cp; is matter of seconds. Oh well, everything is good now :) Have a nice day, Zdenek -- Zdenek Styblik Net/Linux admin OS TurnovFree.net email: stybla(a)turnovfree.net jabber: stybla(a)jabber.turnovfree.net