However, if you are using images (which often come as .vmdk or .iso ), the command to move directly to .qcow2 is:
cp /path/to/$IMAGE_NAME /mnt/boot/ cat > /mnt/boot/extlinux.conf << EOF DEFAULT cisco LABEL cisco KERNEL /boot/$IMAGE_NAME APPEND console=ttyS0,9600n8 EOF convert cisco bin to qcow2
The most common "conversion" isn't actually changing the code inside the BIN, but rather converting a disk image containing the BIN into a QCOW2 format that a hypervisor can read. However, if you are using images (which often come as
You cannot simply rename the file. The .bin must be and repackaged into a virtual disk structure that a hypervisor can recognize as a bootable drive. qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 cisco_ios
qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 cisco_ios.raw cisco_ios.qcow2
The first step is to prepare the Cisco BIN file for conversion. You will need to extract the file's contents, which are typically compressed and encrypted.