qemu create disk image
 

Hi,
i cannot find out how to create a disk image of my Linux System hard disk, in order to use it with qemu! I found something, but it is Bochs specific. For qemu the only useful i found, was how to run an iso with Qemu.
Can somebody point me to a link?
Thanks

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=disk.img

this will make an exact replica of /dev/hda1 (make sure thats the right partition). then boot up disk.img with qemu. also make sure you ahve anough disk space to same the image file..

Thanks fatrandy13. It works, but i have some questions:
-Is this a "growing" image- ie does it grow by adding data? Or do i have to use a special program, in order to resize it?

-If i do: "dd if=/dev/hda (NOT HDA1) of=disk.img" and at the same time i use a backup partition (/dev/hda7 for example, mounted as /mnt/backup) to store the image, would that cause a problem and make the image grow recursively?

Thanks

dd if=/dev/hda of=disk.img doesnt really make sense. /dev/hda is you entire harddrive (including /dev/hda7 and all your other partitions) so say it is a 40 gig drive, that would mean you are trying to store a 40 gig image file on a 40 gig drive with all of your other files, so its impossible... stick to:

dd if=/dev/hdaX of=disk.img

where X is the partition number you want.

and by the way, No, it is not a growing disk...sorry