[ `id -u` -eq 0 ] || die "You must be root to run $0"
[ -f "$BASEIMG" ] || die "Base image $BASEIMG not found"
-check_commands partprobe qemu-nbd
+check_commands partprobe qemu-img qemu-nbd
load_qemu_nbd
mkdir -p $ROOTIMGCOMPILEDIR
log_action "Creating root image $ROOTIMG"
-execute "cp $BASEIMG $ROOTIMG"
+execute "qemu-img create -b $BASEIMG -f $IMGEXT $ROOTIMG"
log_action "Connecting root image to NBD device $NBDEV"
execute "qemu-nbd -c $NBDEV $ROOTIMG"