[Libguestfs] virt-v2v: Died at /usr/bin/virt-p2v-server line 411

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 01:12:06AM +0100, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Le 22/11/2014 12:14, Richard W.M. Jones a écrit :
> >On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:41:54AM +0100, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> >>When completed, the import into oVirt went fine, but booting lead to
> >>a BSOD, which I corrected by merging mergeide.reg into the source
> >>machine and starting the whole process again. Then I fine tuned it
> >>by installing the dedicated virt drivers (virtio, net, scsi) and it
> >>eventually worked.
> >
> >Hang on there ...  Using 'mergeide.reg' should *not* be necessary ...
> 
> I tried many reboots, and F8 > choose different debug/recovery options.
> They all lead to windows beginning to boot then BSOD 0x0000007B.
> 
> >
> >What was the BSOD?
> 
> If you want the precise sub figures between parenthesis, I must
> admit I haven't them anymore. Sorry.
> 
> Google is full of answers leading towards the use of mergeide.reg,
> and my former experience with its use was good, so I did not
> hesitate and was right.
> 
> Does your answer above implies that amongst the tons of things
> libguestfs is doing to the FS, it also manipulate the registry in
> order to do the same changes that mergeide.reg does?

Depending on circumstances, it should have installed virtio drivers
and enabled them, so 'mergeide' is not necessary.  As always I would
need to see the complete virt-v2v -v -x output, & the exact details of
how you booted the VM in oVirt to be sure.

Rich.

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