From 96dd0999819b0efdea763c66d11cbf99684cdbd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:35:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] p2v: Explain in the man page why the virt-p2v ISO is used. (cherry picked from commit fab95a52bd307e6be699681de67134788687bf13) --- p2v/virt-p2v.pod | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/p2v/virt-p2v.pod b/p2v/virt-p2v.pod index 2dfe0a4..6e7a77d 100644 --- a/p2v/virt-p2v.pod +++ b/p2v/virt-p2v.pod @@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ L. Normally you don't run the virt-p2v program directly. Instead you have to boot the physical machine using the bootable CD-ROM, ISO or PXE image. This bootable image contains the virt-p2v binary and runs -it automatically. +it automatically. Booting from a CD-ROM/etc is required because the +disks which are being converted must be quiescent. It is not safe to +try to convert a running physical machine where other programs may be +modifying the disk content at the same time. This manual page documents running the virt-p2v program. To create the bootable image you should look at L or -- 1.8.3.1