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Re: [Xen-users] Xen HVM images on VMware ESX

To: "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen HVM images on VMware ESX
From: "Diwaker Gupta" <diwaker.lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:31:18 -0700
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Joseph L. Casale
<jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> >Have you tried using qemu-img convert?
>
> Yea, it looks as if the OP says he is, but I am pretty sure his issue is a
> driver/mod related one. ESX wont emulate an IDE drive.

Affirmative.

>  @OP, what is the output at boot? BSOD/non accessible root? Does it boot?

So when I create a new VM in ESX, it create *two* VMDK files. The
first is a descriptor file containing some meta data. The other
(-flat.vmdk) is the real data. Running 'qemu-img info' on the flat
VMDK indicates that it is in the RAW format.

I tried overwriting both the VMDKs (flat and descriptor) with the VMDK
converted using qemu-img, one at a time. Replacing the descriptor file
leads to complaints saying IDE disk being used as SCSI disk and the VM
crashes. Replacing the flat VMDK file doesn't lead to a crash, but I
don't see anything on the console. Not even the BIOS stuff.

Thanks,
Diwaker
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