Hello Charlie, thanks for the reply > That should work fine. Your "..." sets up the drives, memory amount, > etc., right? Why do you say it "doesn't seem to be the proper way"? What > fails? sure, I'm (hopefully) providing all the needed arguments. > > BTW, you might also do this: -incoming 'exec:cat .../img.vm', avoiding > the need to pipe through stdin. yup, I tried that, but it allways ends with following: cat /home/LVS/hibernated/vmroo55.vm | /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -M pc -m 768 -smp 2 -name vmroo55 -uuid 987e7a85-0e15-11de-a522-00304892f672 -monitor pty -boot c -kernel /home/LVS/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29lb.00_01_PRE14-x86_64 -initrd /home/LVS/boot/kvm-initrd-2.6.29lb.00_01_PRE14-x86_64.cpio.gz -append "root=/dev/sda ro vmhostname=vmroo55" -drive file=/dev/vgshared/vmroo55-1,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive file=/dev/vgshared/vmroo55-2,if=ide,index=1 -drive file=/dev/vgshared/vmroo55-3,if=virtio,index=0 -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:18:37:00,vlan=0,model=virtio -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup.sh,vlan=0 -serial none -parallel none -usb -vnc0.0.0.0:24155 -incoming exec:cat Executing /etc/qemu-ifup Bringing up tap0 for bridged mode... Adding tap0 to br0... char device redirected to /dev/pts/7 qemu_popen: returning result of qemu_fopen_ops load of migration failed cat: write error: Broken pipe /etc/qemu-ifdown: could not launch network script using ... -incoming exec:cat /home/...image.vm seems to start the machine, but it seems to be stuck, even though I removed -S parameter. > > -- > Libvir-list mailing list > Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list > -- ------------------------------------- Nikola CIPRICH LinuxBox.cz, s.r.o. 28. rijna 168, 709 01 Ostrava tel.: +420 596 603 142 fax: +420 596 621 273 mobil: +420 777 093 799 www.linuxbox.cz mobil servis: +420 737 238 656 email servis: servis@xxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------- -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list