I followed the instructions for importing Virtualbox VMs but the new Qubes standalone does not boot. I tried it 3 times with different VMs in case there was some VM specific issue but none of them boot. I also tried different methods of importing the disk. None of them worked. The steps I followed were:
- qemu-img convert -O raw VM1.vmdk VM1.raw
- qvm-run --pass-io untrusted ‘cat “/home/user/VM1.raw”’ > /home/user/VM1-root.img
- qvm-create --property=virt_mode=hvm --property=memory=4096 --property=kernel=‘’ --label red --standalone --root-move-from /home/user/VM1-root.img VM1
- qvm-start VM1
Try 2
- qemu-img convert -O raw VM2.vmdk VM2.raw
- create VM2 qube in Qube Manager with hard disk of the same size of the one to be imported
- cd /dev/qubes_dom0
- ls -l | grep VM2
- sudo chmod 666 /dev/dm-111 (VM2’s root disk)
- qvm-run --pass-io untrusted ‘cat “/home/user/VM2.raw”’ > /dev/dm-111
- sudo chmod 660 /dev/dm-111
- qvm-start VM2
Try 3
- qemu-img convert -O raw VM3.vmdk VM3.raw
- qemu-img info VM3.raw
- mkfifo /tmp/fifo
- qvm-run --pass-io untrusted ‘cat “/home/user/VM3.raw”’ > /tmp/fifo
- qvm-create --property=virt_mode=hvm --property=memory=4096 --property=kernel=‘’ --label red --standalone --root-move-from /home/user/VM1-root.img VM3
- qvm-volume import --size=53687091200 VM3:root /tmp/fifo
- rm /tmp/fifo
- qvm-start VM3
In all 3 cases when the Qube starts there is a SeaBIOS startup screen which tries to load grub then the window disappears and the VM automatically shuts down. There are no logs even when I select the option in Settings to “Run in debug mode”