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authorRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2012-01-17 17:34:24 +0000
committerRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2012-01-18 16:28:31 +0000
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New tool: virt-format: erase and make blank disks.
This tool allows you to easily reformat a disk, creating a blank disk with optional partition, LVM and empty filesystem.
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@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ which can be useful if you want to attach these filesystems to
existing virtual machines (eg. to import large amounts of read-only
data to a VM).
+To create blank disks, use L<virt-format(1)>.
+
Basic usage is:
virt-make-fs input output.img
@@ -557,6 +559,7 @@ manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<guestfish(1)>,
+L<virt-format(1)>,
L<virt-resize(1)>,
L<virt-tar-in(1)>,
L<mkisofs(1)>,