As mentioned in another post, I trying to set up an existing Windows7 partition on an Ubuntu desktop as a libvirt guest and now have the following configuration files for this: <domain type='qemu'> <name>Windows7</name> <uuid>b2c9c297-907a-159d-7e87-a24a01eb5a57</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc-1.2'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='yes'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'> <model fallback='allow'>kvm32</model> <vendor>Intel</vendor> <feature policy='require' name='pbe'/> <feature policy='require' name='tm2'/> <feature policy='require' name='osxsave'/> <feature policy='require' name='ss'/> <feature policy='require' name='lm'/> <feature policy='require' name='dtes64'/> <feature policy='require' name='ht'/> <feature policy='require' name='ds'/> <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/> <feature policy='require' name='xsave'/> <feature policy='require' name='tm'/> <feature policy='require' name='pdcm'/> <feature policy='require' name='pse36'/> <feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/> <feature policy='require' name='cx16'/> <feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/> <feature policy='require' name='acpi'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator> <disk type='block' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source dev='/dev/sda1'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:22:60:93'/> <source network='default'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> I manually changed the <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> to <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator> since my hard drive partition contains 32bit Windows 7, although I'm not sure that this applies. My current machine setup it dual-boot, so I can boot Windows 7 from the first partition (/dev/sda1) using a grub boot menu. However, when I start the Windows 7 VM, I just get "Booting from Hard Disk" in the virt-manager console. What could be the problem? Lastly: /def/sda1 in a boot partition, but the rest of Windows is installed on /dev/sda2, but this partition is not marked bootable. thanks Roland