From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QZnBa-00085b-U1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:55:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AC821C00D; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7D21C00D for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.46]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8253321445 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:mime-version; s=smtpout; bh=rU8B+TTz5GxKCN1WRb98CFKEAR8=; b=M1GC2JaGq7+SpqPTLQEw21ElPFkAOddnWrONlU8yH7x5tg6bOb5ZaG9eFRZIJAmOGuDpYVYWw43zmmSXT4ODgv1Yxt0PWr7CHz8exOyNrrVS57EXoKS0Yzf6vhL522X9dr65910JfK6K55t1jISsIp4JhVOrdS1x/0CILTRf7ZE= X-Sasl-enc: icvsXnI7iNc7WQgzMICdqPg6ZFmSSxr4dMO/cRZlO7xR 1308847923 Received: from [192.168.0.144] (65.23.112.45.nw.nuvox.net [65.23.112.45]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06354401563 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4E036A80.2040802@gmail.com> References: <87k4cdcz55.fsf@newsguy.com> <1308787916.71397.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4E029765.9060903@gmail.com> <1308795285.71397.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4E02C27C.9010808@gmail.com> <1308827720.71397.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4E036A80.2040802@gmail.com> Face: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1308847923.3979.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 830a5996bbf3e987a7b184e7e2c49aa1 On Thursday, June 23 at 12:32 (-0400), Matthew Finkel said: > On 06/23/11 07:15, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 23 at 00:35 (-0400), Matthew Finkel said: > > > >> Oh, don't get me wrong, that's one reason I use qcow2 myself, but it's > >> either something he would have to deal with when he received it or the > >> conversion would increase the size of the disk image that would be > >> shipped to him. > > Yes, of course a raw image file will typically be bigger than a > > compressed qcow, just as an unpacked stage4..tar.bz2 file is going to be > > bigger than the original archive. But in terms transferability, > > compressed qcows are more efficient since they only include *used* > > blocks and they are compressed. I can convert the image into any of a > > number of formats, but the issue then is it will be bigger, and thus > > take me longer to upload it and the OP to download it > Yup, exactly :-) > I've uploaded a (390MB) vmdk. I've been told by someone that it works with vmware (not sure what version). This was build just a few minutes ago with the latest stage3 tarball and the latest portage snapshot. http://starship.python.net/crew/marduk/base.vmdk The root password is blank. It will force you to change it on first login.