#!/bin/bash # BUILDING vhd-util on Linux # The xen repository has a tool called vhd-util that compiles and runs on any linux system # (http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg?file/8e8dd38374e9/tools/blktap2/vhd/ or full Xen source at http://www.xen.org/products/xen_source.html). # Apply this patch: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=xen-devel&i=006101cb22f6%242004dd40%24600e97c0%24%40zhuo%40cloudex.cn. # Build the vhd-util tool: # cd tools/blktap2 # make # sudo make install # echo "Backing up systemvm.img" cp systemvm.img systemvm.img.tmp echo "Converting raw image to fixed vhd" vhd-util convert -s 0 -t 1 -i systemvm.img.tmp -o systemvm.vhd echo "Converting fixed vhd to dynamic vhd" vhd-util convert -s 1 -t 2 -i systemvm.vhd -o systemvm.vhd echo "Compressing..." bzip2 -c systemvm.vhd > systemvm.vhd.bz2 echo "Done"