On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 08:14:52AM -0800, walt wrote:
> On 02/11/2015 03:38 AM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 04:56:13PM -0800, walt wrote:

> > Did you check the devices?
> 
> I haven't yet figured out how to display the devices with virsh.  I'm still
> experimenting :)

virsh edit <name>

> > How did you imported the winXP image into virt-manager?
> 
> Clicked on File menu and chose "New Virtual Machine" which offers an import 
> option.

You might want to try by avoiding this option. Copy the disk image and
just create a new VM. While asking for a disk, provide the copy of the
image.

> > I wonder if you
> > have a recent declared ABI. Here it is pc-1.1, hvm:
> > 
> >   <os>
> >     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.1'>hvm</type>
> >     <...>
> >   </os>
> 
> Same here, except machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'  I have no idea where that value 
> comes from.

It comes from the import but I wonder if default value hurts the guest.
You have to check what is pc-i440fx-2.3 by yourself or ask the libvirt
mailing list.

Here is the background about ABI:
https://www.berrange.com/posts/2010/02/15/stable-guest-machine-abi-pci-addressing-and-disk-controllers-in-libvirt/

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht

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