[libvirt-users] KVM Raw Format Image Causes lseek Error when Copying
When copying a raw KVM image to my usb drive I got a lseek error...why is this? localhost temp # lr /kvm_guests/newInstall.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10G Oct 22 05:36 /kvm_guests/newInstall.img localhost temp # localhost temp # cp /kvm_guests/newInstall.img . cp: cannot lseek `./newInstall.img': Invalid argument localhost temp # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc1 15G 7.2G 7.8G 48% /mnt/temp After copy error, only 4 Gigs were copied: localhost temp # lr total 7.2G drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8.0K Mar 6 18:10 . drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.0K Nov 6 09:10 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4.0G Mar 6 18:16 newInstall.img
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When copying a raw KVM image to my usb drive I got a lseek error...why is this?
Which filesystem are you using? 4G sounds like NTFS or FAT. Regards, Felicitus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJROK19AAoJEFfhxMvO1P2NiqgH/j2L/5ohIPebICD+Z1rGJazO cXLh8cpuUJpRV337YKV+yWHaEC7Qx2emIFiUjFXXf/Ytb+UCi3LDh93A9dLnC0Cq oAlp1hMmd6vOtiAdRFVUw3w4bUnadK2sR4VXcqroBcPSO8j5QreizRiLNXmSkumg iWKD9TKNNUF8zf5cr/TYsxFfmCHqbcJF4OjirUNEAsi1OJcwI23qWVqYOH7A7wwd gss7gen9wki92dCX7HB0bJIQuQCwL55AAPWQJu/7fAuBHaSL3hFREHT2OUo5SByv +l+VrELWFBSZec2AsWZtgyeAUqPP2KDzLf8KIr3V86AmmgqR3wwNke19ORox6vI= =hRr8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 03/07/2013 07:56 AM, d hee wrote:
When copying a raw KVM image to my usb drive I got a lseek error...why is this?
Because most USB sticks are default-formated as FAT filesystems, and FAT cannot hold a file larger than 4GB. Reformat your USB stick to use ext4 or other modern filesystem. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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