Why does Windows guest imported via p2v of servers using cciss storage fail to boot ?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • After P2V conversion of server with storage using cciss driver , guest fail to boot .
  • P2V Windows guest fails to boot with following error after conversion .
error loading operating system

Environment

  • Windows 2003 / 2008 ( 32 / 64 bit )
  • virt-p2v-0.8.6-5.20120502.1.el6.iso
  • virt-v2v-0.8.7-6.el6.x86_64
  • cciss driver

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