Hi, I am new to the list, so please guide me to the correct place to ask if my issue is misplaced here. My system is an openSuSE 11.4 box with kvm-0.14.0.0-1.10.1.x86_64 libvirt-client-0.8.8-0.12.1.x86_64 libvirt-devel-0.8.8-0.12.1.x86_64 virt-manager-0.8.5-8.1.x86_64 libvirt-0.8.8-0.12.1.x86_64 libvirt-doc-0.8.8-0.12.1.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.8.8-0.12.1.x86_64 virt-utils-1.1.5-1.2.1.x86_64 installed on it. Additional configuration info will be provided, if needed. I have to run a vmware virtual machine, which runs smoothly under win xp using vmware player (created and first run using vmware server), on my linux box, using qemu-kvm. This is the content of the vmx file: #################################### .encoding = "windows-1252" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "4" scsi0.present = "TRUE" memsize = "512" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows2000AdvancedServer.vmdk" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "D:" ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom" floppy0.fileName = "A:" Ethernet0.present = "TRUE" displayName = "Win2K Adv. Server" guestOS = "win2000advserv" priority.grabbed = "normal" priority.ungrabbed = "normal" scsi0:0.redo = "" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" uuid.location = "56 4d 5d 73 ac 49 1e a6-db 7f 09 c7 02 13 35 63" uuid.bios = "56 4d 5d 73 ac 49 1e a6-db 7f 09 c7 02 13 35 63" ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:13:35:63" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" annotation = "for this virtual machine" ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "TRUE" extendedConfigFile = "Windows 2000 Advanced Server.vmxf" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" tools.upgrade.policy = "manual" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216" ide1:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE" usb.present = "TRUE" usb.autoConnect.device0 = "" usb.autoConnect.device1 = "" usb.autoConnect.device2 = "" checkpoint.vmState = "" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" replay.supported = "FALSE" replay.filename = "" ################################################ When I use the vm-install script provided by SUSE, choosing the disk like provided in the vmx file for use with kvm, in the pre flight check it complains about "no valid boot sector found. Installation may have failed". I am not an expert on virtualisation as you can see. It is important to me to be able to rerun this image in vmware player again if needed. So I guess converting it is not an option afaics. Could you help? Thanks. fuz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
