Need to start a virtual machine but missing nic is preventing this: I have need to recover some data from a guest on host which has been shutddown for some time. The host had one of it nic removed at some point. It is not likely to be replaced either. When I try to start the guest in question I get this: error: Failed to start domain inet09.harte-lyne.ca error: Cannot get interface MTU on 'br1': No such device I tried editing (virsh edit guest) to remove the interface: <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:35:a2:8a'/> <source bridge='br1'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </interface> I saved the changes and tried to start the guest. but I got the same error. Then edited the guest config to say: <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:35:a2:8a'/> <source network='default'/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> How do I configure this guest so it will start without the missing nic? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos