The conversion is rarely a direct "save as" operation. Because of the architectural differences mentioned earlier, engineers typically use two primary paths: Native Virtual Images
umount /mnt poweroff
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. convert cisco bin to qcow2
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 The conversion is rarely a direct "save as" operation