Re: [Xen-users] tap:vmdk read error

To:	"Maarten Vanraes" <maarten@xxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] tap:vmdk read error
From:	"Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 9 May 2008 10:30:31 -0400
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Hi Maarten,

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Maarten Vanraes <maarten@xxxxx> wrote:

disk = [ 'tap:vmdk:/opt/data/windows_xp/winxppro.vmdk,hda,w' ]

logfile:
Strip off blktap sub-type prefix to /opt/data/windows_xp/winxppro.vmdk
raw_read(6:/opt/data/windows_xp/winxppro.vmdk, 0, 0x7fffa3d891e0, 2048) [0]
read failed 500 : 2 = No such file or directory
qemu: could not open hard disk image '/opt/data/windows_xp/winxppro.vmdk'
Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/57/logdirty/next-active
Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/57/command
config qemu network with xen bridge for tap1 eth0

strange that there is a read-error, since the file and dirs world readable. i
doublechecked the location...

no matter what i fill in, it doesn't seem to find the file...

One thing you could try is to use qemu-img convert to convert the VMware
image to another usable format.

See:
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=qemu-img+convert

Cheers,
Todd

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