[xen-tools] Re: xen-duplicate-image removed

[Arnaud JAYET]

Steve Kemp wrote :
> 
>   For that case I'd suggest creating one instance with
>  xen-create-image, then modifying it as desired.  Finally
>  you can mount the image, (the loopback, or the lvm partition),
>  and tar it up.
> 
>   Then to create a clone of it use:
> 
>     xen-create-image --tar /path/to/image.tar --options..
> 
>   That will unpack the tar file you've created and just update
>  the networking, etc.
> 
>   I figured this would cover 95% of use cases (along with --copy)
>  and it meant I didn't need to maintain two pieces of code with
>  a lot of duplication.
> 
>   I could be persuaded to return it, but I'd need a good argument.

hello,

I miss --copy and --tar options in xen-create-image manpage. I tested 
the --copy option with a domU reference server, it works very fine !


Sorry for the noise.


Arnaud