Why does virt-v2v fail with "No root device found in this operating system image."?

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Issue

  • virt-v2v fails with No root device found in this operating system image. error.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
  • virt-v2v version 0.8.9-2.el6.
  • libguestfs version 1.16.34-2.el6.
  • RHEL5 Xen PV guest.

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