On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:14:32 -0500
Jeffrey Walton <noloader(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 1:58 PM Franta Hanzlik via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> I want to virtualize any old i686 Windows XP 32-bit physical PC on F37.
> Result from building virt-p2v boot disk:
>
> # virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sde --arch i686
> virt-p2v-make-disk: cannot find /usr/lib64/virt-p2v/virt-p2v.i686.xz
> You used the '--arch' option, so it’s likely that you will need to build
> a virt-p2v.i686 binary yourself.
> See p2v-building(1) section BUILDING i686 32 BIT VIRT-P2V for help.
>
> It seems as virt-p2v.i686.xz blob isn't in Fedora (nor 'p2v-building'
> man page, but it can be found easily).
>
> What now? I see two possibilities:
> 1) it is somewhere on Fedora, but not in core repos
> 2) I have to build it myself - but have no idea about optimal way.
> 'p2v-building' man page recommends 32-bit chroot (without details),
> or (on Fedora) use 'mock' - but it seems it is not there anymore.
>
> Has anyone done this? What optimal way would you recommend?
Fedora 37 and its encouragement to drop some (not all) i686 support
may be related:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2069738
Jeff
What I now found, last package for i686 arch was
virt-p2v-maker-1.40.2-4.fc30.i686.rpm (F30 was likely last i686
Fedora distro?). It is not look good. Maybe I should switch my virtual
host to F30 or some other distro with i686 spport.
But - now I don't know if I understand this correctly - Windows XP PC
is old, with Core2 Duo E6300(a)1.86GHz CPU and 2 GB RAM (can be
increased at least to 4 GB), but IMO HW is 64-bit capable - maybe
is possible convert this 32-bit WinXP system when booting 64-bit F37
'virt-p2v' boot disk?
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Franta Hanzlik