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