Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] New tool: virt-format

Rather than me explaining over again what it does, I've included the man page below. Rich. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- virt-format(1) Virtualization Support virt-format(1) NAME virt-format - Erase and make a blank disk SYNOPSIS virt-format [--options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img ...] DESCRIPTION Virt-format takes an existing disk file (or it can be a host partition, LV etc), erases all data on it, and formats it as a blank disk. It can optionally create partition tables, empty filesystems, logical volumes and more. To create a disk containing data, you may be better to use virt-make-fs(1). If you are creating a blank disk to use in guestfish(1), you should instead use the guestfish -N option. Normal usage would be something like this: virt-format -a disk.qcow or this: virt-format -a /dev/VG/LV "disk.qcow" or "/dev/VG/LV" must exist already. Any data on these disks will be erased by these commands. These commands will create a single empty MBR partition covering the whole disk, with no filesystem inside it.