[Bug 1090223] Re: The directory ubuntu-kvm disappeared after creating vms failed

2012-12-16 Thread whuang
Hi Robie, I'd like to help to report bugs or fixing bugs. Back to the beginning of this problem, if vmbuilder didn't create a directory containing a single VM image, users won't put other VM images in the directory. So is it really necessary to have a directory? IMHO maybe just a VM image is eno

[Bug 1090223] Re: The directory ubuntu-kvm disappeared after creating vms failed

2012-12-13 Thread whuang
Sorry, it should not be a bug, but a misleading option. According to the official virtualization guide: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/jeos-and-vmbuilder.html "the -o tells vmbuilder to overwrite the previous version of the VM" The users should suppose to overwrite ONLY the VM. But th

[Bug 1090223] [NEW] The directory ubuntu-kvm disappeared after creating vms failed

2012-12-13 Thread whuang
quot;ubuntu-kvm" disappered! Does it mean that all my previous VMs are deleted? This is severe! Is there a way to recover the VMs. Logs: whuang:~/virtfs$ ls ubuntu-kvm vmbuilder.partition whuang:~/virtfs$ sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite precise --flavour virtual --arch i386 -o \ > --libv