[libvirt-users] Libvirt, virtmanager & Windows 7 installation partition

Roland Giesler
2013-07-04T20:21:28Z

I need to use an existing windows 7 installation in a virtual machine
form a libvirt host running Ubuntu 12.10.

Windows 7 installs on two partitions.  There a 100MB boot partitiona
and then the main partition for the installation.

If I boot the laptop (which dual boots), I can select Windows 7 and
boot it just fine, or alternative Ubuntu.

If I select /dev/sda1 in the virtmanager as the source path I can see
dis activity, but in the VM window the "booting from hard disk..."
text never does away.

If I select /dev/sda2 (where the windows installation resides (and
which is not marked as bootable), I get a boot failure right away.

Here is what /var/log/syslog has:

Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP ntfs-3g[8385]: Version 2012.1.15AR.5 external FUSE 29
Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP ntfs-3g[8385]: Mounted /dev/sda2 (Read-Write,
label "", NTFS 3.1)
Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP ntfs-3g[8385]: Cmdline options:
rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2,uid=1001,gid=1001,dmask=0077,fmask=0177
Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP ntfs-3g[8385]: Mount options:
rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sda2,blkdev,blksize=4096
Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP ntfs-3g[8385]: Global ownership and
permissions enforced, configuration type 7
Jul  4 22:11:02 Matt-HP udisksd[2569]: Mounted /dev/sda2 at
/media/roland/BE26AE8326AE3C71 on behalf of uid 1001
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.356259] audit_printk_skb: 48
callbacks suppressed
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.356265] type=1400
audit(1372968751.291:34): apparmor="STATUS"
operation="profile_load"
name="libvirt-c6a90ff5-9849-2ec5-fc8e-a331b144ceff" pid=8540
comm="apparmor_parser"
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.584252] device vnet0 entered
promiscuous mode
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.588663] virbr0: topology change
detected, propagating
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.588669] virbr0: port 1(vnet0)
entered forwarding state
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.588685] virbr0: port 1(vnet0)
entered forwarding state
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP kernel: [15366.588963] IPv6:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): virbr0: link becomes ready
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP NetworkManager[986]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown:
devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/vnet0, iface: vnet0)
Jul  4 22:12:31 Matt-HP NetworkManager[986]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown:
device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/vnet0, iface: vnet0): no
ifupdown configuration found.
Jul  4 22:12:32 Matt-HP NetworkManager[986]: <warn>
/sys/devices/virtual/net/vnet0: couldn't determine device driver;
ignoring...
Jul  4 22:12:33 Matt-HP avahi-daemon[935]: Joining mDNS multicast
group on interface vnet0.IPv6 with address fe80::fc54:ff:fe8a:8f93.
Jul  4 22:12:33 Matt-HP avahi-daemon[935]: New relevant interface
vnet0.IPv6 for mDNS.
Jul  4 22:12:33 Matt-HP avahi-daemon[935]: Registering new address
record for fe80::fc54:ff:fe8a:8f93 on vnet0.*.

Is there anything that I can learn from this log?  What could I do to
make this work.  Dual booting it not an option in this case.

regards

Roland Giesler
+27 (0)72-450-2817
http://www.giesler.za.net

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