# How to write Rocky 9 image to VPS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [September 6, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-write-rocky-9-image-to-vps/7158 "2022-09-06T14:08:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stir1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Stir1215](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Stir1215)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-write-rocky-9-image-to-vps/7158/1 "2022-09-06T14:08:14Z")
Hi there! I’m trying to copy a disk image to a VPS. I was planning on making whole disk image backup from time to time too, but I would still need to find a way to upload it back to disk 😜 Here’s what I tried: - Download Rocky Linux 9 CloudReady image (the working 20220830 version) - Convert it to raw - ssh dd it to `/dev/sda` in recovery mode - Reboot, still on Rocky 8.6 - I noticed there was an `sdb` drive in recovery mode, which I then assumed is the main drive. - dd the image there and I get “no bootable device” on reboot. Commands: Convert qcow2 to raw img `qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw Rocky-9-GenericCloud-9.0-20220830.0.x86_64.qcow2 my-qcow2.img` Upload it to VPS `dd if="/media/Projects/OVH/my-qcow2.img" bs=1M oflag=sync status=progress | gzip -c | ssh root@00.00.00.00 dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1M oflag=sync'` The VPS is hosted with OpenStack in the backend, but it’s still a VPS, so I’m unsure of how it works o their side I would appreciate if you have any clue on how to achieve this to share it with me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/how-to-write-rocky-9-image-to-vps/7158/2 "2023-08-25T03:40:59Z")
Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:40am UTC