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    CIFS mount issue - mount: unknown filesystem type 'cifs'

    Hi Awesome, thanks for your reply. Do you mean to install the samba-client on the guest? Also, can you tell me how to install the kernel module for modprobe cifs? Thanks again, James.
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    CIFS mount issue - mount: unknown filesystem type 'cifs'

    Hi all, I am having an issue with prox 2.1 and a centos 6 container. I am using the container from openvz and have seen their post http://wiki.openvz.org/NFS Long story short, when trying to mount a directory, I get the following error: I have noticed that 'cifs' does not show up in cat...
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    Restore VM backup fails

    In addition... I have saved the disk image from source using: qemu-img convert -O vmdk vm-101-disk-1.raw /mnt/store/vm-101-disk-1.vmdk And then started it in VMplayer on a different machine and it booted up fine. Coincidentally this other machine is also an i7, like the one the source image runs...
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    Restore VM backup fails

    Hi Tom, Sorry for the delayed reply. I have been offline for the week. It looks like I have the same issue as adamjseed. I have a few more observations which may (or not!) be relevant: -The two machines are identical software-wise however the hardware is completely different - however they...
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    Restore VM backup fails

    Hi Tom, Thanks for your answer. Is there a smarter way to do that other than pressing F8? Basically, I don't believe the startup is getting that far, therefore F8 has no effect in the console. I would also assume windows would give an error (or at least something!) if it was getting that far...
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    Restore VM backup fails

    Hi all, I have two installs of proxmox 2 - one on an intel i7, the other on an older quad core intel 64 bit something or other. Both machines support virtualisation. Both Proxmox installs are pretty much brand new, and default. I created a Windows Server 2008 VM on the i7 and ran a backup...