title: Can I make an AMI from a running instance that uses instance-store as its root device?
body: <p>Or is it absolutely necessary to have an EBS backed storage? Does anyone have manuals/Howtos?</p>
  
  <p>I am following the manual given on this <a href="http://gista.blog.root.cz/2010/10/18/creating-debian-amazon-ec2-ebs-ami-using-debootstrap/" rel="noreferrer">site</a>.</p>