[Libguestfs] unexpected end of file mounting vdi image

B. M. illuminatus at inbox.com
Tue Jul 3 02:20:16 UTC 2012


Sorry, I thought all the pertinent info would be in the libguestfs test tool output I attached to my message.

The commands I've run that generate this error are:
guestfish --ro -i -a /VM/Ubuntu-Media/Ubuntu-Media-Copy.vdi
virt-df -ha /VM/Ubuntu-Media/Ubuntu-Media.vdi
virt-df is version 1.7.17

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rjones at redhat.com
> Sent: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:13:43 +0100
> To: illuminatus at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] unexpected end of file mounting vdi image
> 
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 03:01:24PM -0800, B. M. wrote:
>> I am unable to mount a vdi image with virt-df.
> 
> Which version of virt-df, from where?
> 
> What's the precise virt-df command that you're running?
> 
>> I get this error in the libvirt log. 2012-06-24 02:37:22.484+0000:
>> 2364: error : qemuMonitorIO:583 : internal error End of file from
>> monitor
> 
> libvirt doesn't have anything to do with virt-df, unless you're using
> the -c or -d options of virt-df in which case virt-df will use libvirt
> to look up the path to the guest disk image.  In any case, there's no
> useful information in the libvirt log from running virt-df.
> 
>> I don't really know from this output what the problem is and some
>> assistance would be appreciated.  I'm attaching the output of the
>> libguest[fs] test program.
> 
> In addition to answering the important questions above, try enabling
> debugging:
> 
> http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#debugging_libguestfs
> 
> Rich.
> 
> --
> Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines.  Supports shell scripting,
> bindings from many languages.  http://libguestfs.org

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