https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487170 Summary: VM start up fails during install attempt when "Sparse Image File" is unchecked Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Xen AssignedTo: cgriffin@novell.com ReportedBy: rschweikert@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009022800 SUSE/3.0.7-1.4 Firefox/3.0.7 FirePHP/0.2.4 When the user un-checks the "Create Sparse Image File" check box in the "Virtual Disk" dialog and then proceeds to create the VM the procedure fails with the error message "Failed to start VM" It also appears as if the creation procedure will fail if a location other than the default is specified for the VM file. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start "Create VM" app 2.Choose SLED 11 as the OS in the VM 3.Set max memory to 1024 4.In the virtual disk dialog un-check "Create Sparse Image File" 5.Select install source (in my case ISO image on local disk) 6.Start VM creation Case 2: 1.Start "Create VM" app 2.Choose SLED 11 as the OS in the VM 3.Set max memory to 1024 4.In the virtual disk dialog change the default location (/vm_images_lcl/xen in my case with 777 on both directories) 5.Select install source (in my case ISO image on local disk) 6.Start VM creation Actual Results: Triggers error with "Failed to start VM" Expected Results: Fixed size VM file of specified size (8 GB in my case) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.