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 =Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox=
-The first step is to install the openstack client and download the OpenStack RC file and source it see [[OpenStack#Command Line Clients]] .
+The first step is to install the openstack client and download the OpenStack RC file and source it see [[OpenStack Command Line Clients]] .
 The OpenStack client can list the available images on your OpenStack project with
 {{Command|openstack image list}}
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 You can then download a particular image with
-{{Command|openstack image save --file ./<file-name-for-image>.qcow2 2c751755-854d-49c3-af82-d501e51e7159}}
+{{Command|openstack image save --file ./<file-name-for-image>.<format> 2c751755-854d-49c3-af82-d501e51e7159}}
-where the last argument is the <code>ID</code> of the image you wish to download taken from the table listed with the <code>openstack image list</code> command.
+where <format> matches that given in the table above for your selected image andthe last argument is the <code>ID</code> of the image you wish to download.
 Then to use this image in VirtualBox you will need to convert the image in the qcow2 format to the vmdk format. This can be done with the <code>qemu-img</code> tool. This can be installed with something like