Bug 698392

Description of problem:
qemu-img doesnt convert from raw to vmdk properly. Solaris has a hidden partition/slice and the hidden flags get lost during the conversion. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

qemu-img-0.13.0-1

How reproducible:
It happened twice. 


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install solaris 10 on fedora kvm stack
2. run qemu-img convert raw -> vmdk
3. put vmdk in VMware stack.
4. it boots to single user mode. (you can't boot to multi-user mode.
5. run format -> partition you will see a slice that should be hidden, but you can see it. 

Actual results:


Expected results:
I don't expect to see the hidden slice. 

Additional info:

from http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149828

Here is a list of the commonly used partitions, hide and unhide

< bit position>-----ID------Partition type------------
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 --- 7 ---- ntfs
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 --- 17 --- ntfs (hidden)
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 --- 83 --- native Linux
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 --- 93 --- native Linux (hidden)
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 --- 6 ---- fat16
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 --- 16 --- fat16 (hidden)
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 --- c ---- fat32 (LBA)
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 --- 1c --- fat32 (LBA) (hidden)
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 --- a5 --- BSD
1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 --- b5 --- BSD (hidden)
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 --- bf --- Solaris
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 --- af --- Solaris (hidden)
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 --- 5 ---- Dos extended partition
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 --- 15 --- Dos extended partition (hidden)
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 --- 85 --- Linux extended partition
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 --- 95 --- Linux extended partition (hidden)

As always there is an exception to the rule. The Solaris partition is unhide with ID "bf" and hiding it make it into "af". Therefore to hide a Solaris partition in Grub the "unhide" instruction has to be used to toggle its 5th bit from "1" to "0".
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I haven't been able to test the unhide/hide thing to see if that is a temporary work around yet. It appears as thought it could be an easier fix..