diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 93ec085a2..ea785456e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ jobs:
           name: artifact-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: output/*.tar.gz
 
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifact-disk-image-${{ matrix.target }}
+          path: output/images/*.qcow2
+
   release:
     name: Release Infix ${{ github.ref_name }}
     needs: build
@@ -141,6 +146,11 @@ jobs:
           for file in *.tar.gz; do
               sha256sum $file > $file.sha256
           done
+          if ls *.qcow2 &>/dev/null; then
+            for file in *.qcow2; do
+              sha256sum "$file" > "$file.sha256"
+            done
+          fi
 
       - name: Extract ChangeLog entry ...
         run: |
@@ -155,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
           makeLatest: ${{ steps.rel.outputs.latest }}
           discussionCategory: ${{ steps.rel.outputs.cat }}
           bodyFile:  release.md
-          artifacts: "*.tar.gz*"
+          artifacts: "*.tar.gz*,*.qcow2*"
 
       - name: Summary
         run: |
diff --git a/board/common/mkdisk.sh b/board/common/mkdisk.sh
index 79516aaf3..ababde0fa 100755
--- a/board/common/mkdisk.sh
+++ b/board/common/mkdisk.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ bootdata=
 diskimg=disk.img
 bootimg=
 bootpart=
-
+tmpimage=$(mktemp)
 while getopts "a:b:B:n:s:" opt; do
     case ${opt} in
 	a)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ awk \
 	  -vimgsize=$imgsize \
 	  -vcfgsize=$cfgsize \
 	  -vvarsize=$varsize \
-	  -vdiskimg=$diskimg \
+	  -vdiskimg=$tmpimage \
 	  -vbootimg="$bootimg" -vbootpart="$bootpart" \
 	  '{
 		sub(/@TOTALSIZE@/, total);
@@ -211,5 +211,7 @@ genimage \
     --rootpath "$root" \
     --tmppath  "$tmp" \
     --inputpath "$BINARIES_DIR" \
-    --outputpath "$BINARIES_DIR" \
     --config "$root/genimage.cfg"
+
+qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 "$tmpimage" "$BINARIES_DIR/$diskimg"
+rm "$tmpimage"
diff --git a/board/common/post-image.sh b/board/common/post-image.sh
index b57aad188..c78078c50 100755
--- a/board/common/post-image.sh
+++ b/board/common/post-image.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if [ -n "$IMAGE_ID" ]; then
 else
     NAME="$INFIX_ID"-$(echo "$BR2_ARCH" | tr _ - | sed 's/x86-64/x86_64/')
 fi
-diskimg=disk.img
+diskimg=disk.qcow2
 
 ver()
 {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fi
 load_cfg DISK_IMAGE
 if [ "$DISK_IMAGE" = "y" ]; then
     ixmsg "Creating Disk Image"
-    diskimg="${NAME}-disk$(ver).img"
+    diskimg="${NAME}-disk$(ver).qcow2"
     bootcfg=
     if [ "$DISK_IMAGE_BOOT_DATA" ]; then
 	bootcfg="-b $DISK_IMAGE_BOOT_DATA -B $DISK_IMAGE_BOOT_OFFSET"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if [ "$BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS" = "y" ]; then
     rel=$(ver)
     ln -sf rootfs.squashfs "$BINARIES_DIR/${NAME}${rel}.img"
     if [ -n "$rel" ]; then
-	ln -sf "$BINARIES_DIR/${NAME}${rel}.img" "$BINARIES_DIR/${NAME}.img"
+	ln -sf "${NAME}${rel}.img" "$BINARIES_DIR/${NAME}.img"
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh b/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
index 4830cb969..0de195da3 100755
--- a/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
+++ b/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ rootfs_args()
 	echo -n "-device sd-card,drive=mmc "
 	echo -n "-drive id=mmc,file=$CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS,if=none,format=raw "
     elif [ "$CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS_VSCSI" = "y" ]; then
-	echo -n "-drive file=$CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2,bus=0,unit=0 "
+	echo -n "-drive file=qemu.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2,bus=0,unit=0 "
     fi
 }
 
@@ -316,13 +316,13 @@ gdb_args()
 run_qemu()
 {
     if [ "$CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS_VSCSI" = "y" ]; then
-	if ! qemu-img check "${CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS}.qcow2"; then
-	    rm -f "${CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS}.qcow2"
+	if ! qemu-img check "qemu.qcow2"; then
+	    rm -f "qemu.qcow2"
 	fi
-	if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS}.qcow2" ]; then
+	if [ ! -f "qemu.qcow2" ]; then
 	    echo "Creating qcow2 disk image for Qemu ..."
 	    qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file="$CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS" \
-		     -F raw "${CONFIG_QEMU_ROOTFS}.qcow2" > /dev/null
+		     -F qcow2 "qemu.qcow2" > /dev/null
 	fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/usr/libexec/infix/init.d/30-cfg-migrate b/board/common/rootfs/usr/libexec/infix/init.d/30-cfg-migrate
index e53c15e27..def751055 100755
--- a/board/common/rootfs/usr/libexec/infix/init.d/30-cfg-migrate
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/usr/libexec/infix/init.d/30-cfg-migrate
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ chown root:wheel "$BACKUP_DIR"
 chmod 0770       "$BACKUP_DIR"
 
 if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
-    note "No $(basename "$CONFIG_FILE" .cfg) yet, likely factory reset."
+    logger -I $$ -k -p user.notice -t $(basename "$0")  "No $(basename "$CONFIG_FILE" .cfg) yet, likely factory reset."
     exit 0
 elif migrate -cq "$CONFIG_FILE"; then
     exit 0
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.md b/doc/ChangeLog.md
index b0670e7e3..96e3ae00a 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog.md
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.
 -------------------------
 
 ### Changes
- - N/A
+ - Format for disk image (for QEMU) has changed to `qcow2`
 
 ### Fixes
+ - Fix #1002: Broken symlink in release package
  - Fix #1006: NanoPi R2S corrupt startup, regression in Infix v25.02.0
    - Bump R2S kernel, now same as tier one boards
  - Fix group owner and permissions of `/cfg/backup` directory
  - Fix extraction of old version for `/cfg/backup/` files
 
-
 [v25.03.0][] - 2025-03-31
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/test/env b/test/env
index a79682ef0..10eed98fe 100755
--- a/test/env
+++ b/test/env
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ get_base_img()
 {
     local files="$1"
     local base_img_file
-    base_img_file=$(echo "$files" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -- '-disk.img$')
+    base_img_file=$(echo "$files" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -- '-disk.qcow2$')
     echo "$envdir/qeneth/$(basename "$base_img_file")"
 }
 
@@ -96,16 +96,20 @@ start_topology()
     done
 
     base_img=$(get_base_img "$files")
-    test_img="${base_img%-disk.img}-disk-test.img"
-    
-    $testdir/inject-test-mode -b "$base_img" -o "$test_img"
-
-    img_name=$(basename "$test_img")
+    test_img_name="${base_img%-disk.qcow2}-disk-test"
+    base_img_name="${base_img%-disk.qcow2}-disk"
+    test_img_raw="${test_img_name}.img"
+    base_img_raw="${base_img_name}.img"
+    test_img_qcow2="${test_img_name}.qcow2"
+
+    qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw "$base_img" "$base_img_raw"
+    $testdir/inject-test-mode -b "$base_img_raw" -o "$test_img_raw"
+    qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 "$test_img_raw" "$test_img_qcow2"
+    img_name=$(basename $test_img_qcow2)
     sed -i "s/qn_image=\".*\"/qn_image=\"$img_name\"/" "$envdir/qeneth/topology.dot.in"
 
     (cd "$envdir/qeneth/" && $qeneth generate && $qeneth start)
     INFAMY_ARGS="$INFAMY_ARGS $envdir/qeneth/topology.dot"
-
     cat <<EOF >"$envdir/bin/qeneth"
 #!/bin/sh
 cd $envdir/qeneth && exec $testdir/qeneth/qeneth "\$@"
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ if [ "$containerize" ]; then
 	 --env INFAMY_EXTRA_ARGS="$INFAMY_EXTRA_ARGS" \
 	 --env PROMPT_DIRTRIM="$ixdir" \
 	 --env NINEPM_PROJ_CONFIG="$NINEPM_PROJ_CONFIG" \
+	 --env QENETH_PATH="$testdir/templates:$testdir" \
 	 --env PS1="$(build_ps1)" \
 	 $extra_env \
 	 --expose 9001-9010 --publish-all \
diff --git a/test/qeneth b/test/qeneth
index e17e0b805..332a376bc 160000
--- a/test/qeneth
+++ b/test/qeneth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e17e0b80581e8ea60ffe97ec2683729cfcf75222
+Subproject commit 332a376bc000fbd9a1eccf6ecd5e54307421e7ab
diff --git a/test/templates/inc/infix-disk.mustache b/test/templates/inc/infix-disk.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e9f2acec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templates/inc/infix-disk.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if [ ! -e {{name}}.disk ]; then
+    qemu-img create -f raw {{name}}.disk 16M >/dev/null
+    mkfs.ext4 -q -L cfg {{name}}.disk
+fi
diff --git a/test/templates/inc/infix-usb.mustache b/test/templates/inc/infix-usb.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dabb2ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templates/inc/infix-usb.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+usb_cmd=""
+
+if [ -n "{{qn_usb}}" ]; then
+   if ! [ -f {{qn_usb}} ]; then
+       dd if=/dev/zero of={{qn_usb}} bs=8M count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1
+       mkfs.vfat {{qn_usb}}  >/dev/null 2>&1
+   fi
+   usb_cmd=" -drive if=none,id=usbstick,format=raw,file={{qn_usb}} -usb -device usb-ehci,id=ehci -device usb-storage,bus=ehci.0,drive=usbstick "
+fi
diff --git a/test/templates/infix-bios-x86_64.mustache b/test/templates/infix-bios-x86_64.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09a87e0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templates/infix-bios-x86_64.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+con=hvc0
+tty -s && con=hvc2
+
+img={{#qn_image}}{{qn_image}}{{/qn_image}}{{^qn_image}}infix-x86_64-disk.img{{/qn_image}}
+bios={{#qn_bios}}{{qn_bios}}{{/qn_bios}}{{^qn_bios}}OVMF.fd{{/qn_bios}}
+{{> inc/infix-usb}}
+
+origimg=$(realpath $img)
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file=$origimg -F qcow2 {{name}}.qcow2
+
+truncate -s 0 $imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{#links}}
+echo "{{qn_name}}	{{qn_mac}}" >>$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{/links}}
+
+exec qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc,accel=kvm:tcg -cpu max \
+  -m {{#qn_mem}}{{qn_mem}}{{/qn_mem}}{{^qn_mem}}256M{{/qn_mem}} \
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/qemu-links}}
+    -fw_cfg name=opt/mactab,file=$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab \
+    -bios $bios \
+    -drive file={{name}}.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2,bus=0,unit=1 \
+    $usb_cmd \
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/infix-common}}
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/qemu-console}}
diff --git a/test/templates/infix-kernel-x86_64.mustache b/test/templates/infix-kernel-x86_64.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e64a79c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templates/infix-kernel-x86_64.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+con=hvc0
+tty -s && con=hvc2
+
+img={{#qn_image}}{{qn_image}}{{/qn_image}}{{^qn_image}}infix-x86_64.img{{/qn_image}}
+imgsz=$((($(stat -Lc %s $img) + 1023) >> 10))
+imgdir=./.$(realpath $img | sed -e s:/:-:g)
+
+unsquashfs -n -f -d $imgdir $img boot/bzImage >/dev/null
+
+
+{{> inc/infix-disk}}
+{{> inc/infix-usb}}
+
+truncate -s 0 $imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{#links}}
+echo "{{qn_name}}	{{qn_mac}}" >>$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{/links}}
+
+exec qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc,accel=kvm:tcg -cpu max \
+  -m {{#qn_mem}}{{qn_mem}}{{/qn_mem}}{{^qn_mem}}384M{{/qn_mem}} \
+  -kernel "bzImage" -initrd $img \
+  -append "root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=$imgsz console=$con,115200 $append {{qn_append}}" \
+  -drive file={{name}}.disk,if=virtio,format=raw,bus=0,unit=1  \
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/qemu-links}}
+  -fw_cfg name=opt/mactab,file=$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab \
+   $usb_cmd \
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/infix-common}}
+{{> ../qeneth/templates/inc/qemu-console}}
diff --git a/test/templates/infix-x86_64.mustache b/test/templates/infix-x86_64.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7971a28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/templates/infix-x86_64.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+con=hvc0
+tty -s && con=hvc2
+
+img={{#qn_image}}{{qn_image}}{{/qn_image}}{{^qn_image}}infix-x86_64.img{{/qn_image}}
+imgsz=$((($(stat -Lc %s $img) + 1023) >> 10))
+imgdir=./.$(realpath $img | sed -e s:/:-:g)
+
+unsquashfs -n -f -d $imgdir $img boot/bzImage >/dev/null
+
+
+{{> inc/infix-disk}}
+{{> inc/infix-usb}}
+
+truncate -s 0 $imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{#links}}
+echo "{{qn_name}}	{{qn_mac}}" >>$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab
+{{/links}}
+
+exec qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc,accel=kvm:tcg -cpu max \
+  -m {{#qn_mem}}{{qn_mem}}{{/qn_mem}}{{^qn_mem}}384M{{/qn_mem}} \
+  -kernel $imgdir/boot/bzImage -initrd $img \
+  -append "root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=$imgsz console=$con,115200 $append {{qn_append}}" \
+  -drive file={{name}}.disk,if=virtio,format=raw,bus=0,unit=1  \
+{{> inc/qemu-links}}
+  -fw_cfg name=opt/mactab,file=$imgdir/{{name}}.mactab \
+   $usb_cmd \
+{{> inc/infix-common}}
diff --git a/test/test.mk b/test/test.mk
index 3b5fed9f9..53c3391d6 100644
--- a/test/test.mk
+++ b/test/test.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mode-run    := -t $(BINARIES_DIR)/qemu.dot
 mode        := $(mode-$(TEST_MODE))
 
 INFIX_IMAGE_ID := $(call qstrip,$(INFIX_IMAGE_ID))
-binaries-$(ARCH) := $(addprefix $(INFIX_IMAGE_ID),.img -disk.img)
+binaries-$(ARCH) := $(addprefix $(INFIX_IMAGE_ID),.img -disk.qcow2)
 pkg-$(ARCH)      := -p $(O)/images/$(addprefix $(INFIX_IMAGE_ID),.pkg)
 binaries-x86_64  += OVMF.fd
 binaries := $(foreach bin,$(binaries-$(ARCH)),-f $(BINARIES_DIR)/$(bin))
diff --git a/test/virt/quad/topology.dot.in b/test/virt/quad/topology.dot.in
index f548c857a..a2b3fb100 100644
--- a/test/virt/quad/topology.dot.in
+++ b/test/virt/quad/topology.dot.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ graph "quad" {
 	edge [color="cornflowerblue", penwidth="2"];
 
 	qn_template="infix-bios-x86_64";
-	qn_image="infix-x86_64-disk-test.img"
+	qn_image="infix-x86_64-disk-test.qcow2"
 	qn_oui="00:a0:85";
 	qn_append="quiet";