Ken Smith wrote:
{snip} This might be related. On my FC13 system, on 22 Mar, qemu went from
qemu-common-0.12.5-1.fc13.x86_64 to -> qemu-common-0.13.0-1.fc13.x86_64
After that update an XP vm no longer boots. Win 7 and Centos VM's are fine. The XP vm was installed with the work-around of booting from an iso image of the XP install disk and being allowed to time out and then starting the system on the hard disk image. The XP install image will boot and the XP repair option that appears early in the XP install sequence can mount the disk. It's native fixmbr/fixboot commands don't help.
If I attach the xp vm's disk to the Win 7 vm all the files are visible.
Any suggestions
Thanks
Ken
Update: I have installed new XP guest system and copied the whole filesystem from the non-booting one over the new XP filesystem and it now boots fine without the workaround of booting via the XP install iso image. XP had a bit of a tantrum over its own activation process but that is OK now.
:-) Ken