.... I have a 64-bit CentOS 5.6 VM running on a 64-bit FC14 host. Actually, I *HAD* a 64-bit CentOS 5.6 VM :-) .... After a read of the virt-install man page, I concluded that I could lose the current VM (but *NOT* its HDD image) & recreate it fairly easily w/ the right combo of arguments to virt-install. The proceedings: [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:30 PM] 1163 # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- 1 CentOS-5.6-64bitVM running [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:30 PM] 1164 # virsh destroy CentOS-5.6-64bitVM Domain CentOS-5.6-64bitVM destroyed [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:30 PM] 1165 # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:30 PM] 1166 # virsh undefine CentOS-5.6-64bitVM Domain CentOS-5.6-64bitVM has been undefined [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:30 PM] 1167 # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------- [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:31 PM] 1169 # virt-install -n CentOS-5.6-64bitVM -r 2048 --arch=x86_64 --cpu core2duo,disable=vmx --vcpus=2,maxvcpus=2,sockets=1,cores=2,threads=1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel5 --import --disk path=/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img,format=raw --autostart --prompt This will overwrite the existing path '/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img' Do you really want to use this disk (yes or no) no What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? quit How large would you like the disk (quit) to be (in gigabytes)? ^CInstallation aborted at user request [root@Q6600:/etc, Mon Aug 15, 04:31 PM] 1170 # i.e. I chickened out at the ominous-sounding message about wiping out my hard-won disk image .... I thought (from the man-page) that the '--import' command would skip any attempts at installing anything, define the VM from the arguments supplied, & boot it from the already-prepped disk image .... Am I right here ? If not, is there a recommended way to re-create my VM (mostly) from the extant disk image w/o having to redo whatever initialization I have done so far (setup a user, install compilers & dev.env., install Intel compiler, etc.) ? Also, is there a recommended way for the host to copy that disk image somewhere so I can try to reuse it if my future attempts at re-creation don't pan out ? TIA .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.