What does this mean? [root@potoroo qemu]# cat recovery.log /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -M pc -m 128 -smp 1 -monitor pty -boot c -hda /var/lib/xen/images/recovery.img -hdb /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:22:5a:10,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=13,script=,vlan=0 -usb -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 qemu: could not open hard disk image ''/var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c'' [root@potoroo qemu]# [root@potoroo qemu]# ls -l /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c -rwx------ 1 root root 11999994368 Jan 9 17:03 /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c [root@potoroo qemu]# file /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 63, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80) [root@potoroo qemu]# No selinux messages. This filesystem is an image of a Windows partition, backed up with ntfsclone, restored, resized, cloned again (trying to eliminate alleged bad hardware sectors, a legacy of earlier problems). I expect /dev/hdb to be a "superfloppy" format drive which I can then manipulate into a partition on another virtual drive. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)
John Summerfield
2008-Jan-16 03:41 UTC
Re: [Fedora-xen] qemu: could not open hard disk image
John Summerfield wrote:> What does this mean? > [root@potoroo qemu]# cat recovery.log > /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -M pc -m 128 -smp 1 -monitor pty -boot c -hda > /var/lib/xen/images/recovery.img -hdb /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c -net > nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:22:5a:10,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=13,script=,vlan=0 -usb > -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 > qemu: could not open hard disk image ''/var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c'' > [root@potoroo qemu]# > > [root@potoroo qemu]# ls -l /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c > -rwx------ 1 root root 11999994368 Jan 9 17:03 > /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c > [root@potoroo qemu]# file /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c > /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img:c: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x52, OEM-ID > "NTFS ", sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 0, Media descriptor > 0xf8, heads 255, hidden sectors 63, dos < 4.0 BootSector (0x80) > [root@potoroo qemu]# > > No selinux messages. > > This filesystem is an image of a Windows partition, backed up with > ntfsclone, restored, resized, cloned again (trying to eliminate alleged > bad hardware sectors, a legacy of earlier problems). I expect /dev/hdb > to be a "superfloppy" format drive which I can then manipulate into a > partition on another virtual drive.I have not seen a reply to this; on the basis I really _must_ get something moving, I tried using /var/lib/xen/images/rto.img and that works fine. Is something being too clever and misvalidating file names? -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)