R P Herrold wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:25:41 -0400 (EDT): > holds this answer -- if the path variable is not set, it seems > to look at the CWD, from some of the error cruft I can provoke The problem is not the configuration file, the problem is the vm filesystem file. That is not mentioned anywhere. How do you shutdown or start your VMs? I made another test and created a second VM and then *saved* that VM. That saved it in the state it was in and I was able to restore it from that save file. However, when I then shutdown the same VM the save file has completely vanished and only the filesystem file is there as before. There's no way to "revive" it then. This can't be it, I must be missing something, although I've read almost all of the Virtualization Guide by now. Or is it really intended that the only way to keep a VM is to save it in the middle of operation and restore it? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com