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17 Replies Last post: Sep 20, 2007 5:32 AM by theanykey
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error: unable to determine guest operating system

Jan 30, 2007 2:50 AM

Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
Two of our w2k3 servers can not be virtualized:
error: unable to determine guest operating system
log below

Log for VMware Converter, pid=2416, version=e.x.p, build=build-33128, option=BETA, section=2
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.314 'Current working directory: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Desktop
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.314 '[p2vSupport,116] P2V logger created
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 'Using system libcrypto, version 90709F

[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vSupport,123] SSL context created
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vSupport,126] AppInit completed
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,72] This product Hard Expires: true
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,79] Hard expires on: Year: 2007month: 2day: 1
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,80] Number of days left: 2
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,235] License job init with license file: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2vlcns
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,250] License job Success !

[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[jobManager,219] Deserializing the job manager's state
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[jobManager,1023] Deserializing
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.330 '[p2vLicenseManager,235] License job init with license file: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2vlcns
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.346 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.346 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.346 '[p2vLicenseManager,250] License job Success !

[2007-01-30 11:29:10.346 '[jobDeserializationTask,110] Deserializing the individual jobs from C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2v30\jobs
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.346 '[jobDeserializationTask,119] Archive file: 00000005.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.377 '[job,206] Job 5 changing state from -1 to 3
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.377 '[jobManager,340] Adding job 5
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.377 '[serialization,210] Serializing job 5
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.377 '[serialization,217] Archiving job to C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2v30\jobs\00000005.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[jobManager,179] Raising event 0 for job 5
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[jobDeserializationTask,119] Archive file: 00000006.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[job,206] Job 6 changing state from -1 to 3
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[jobManager,340] Adding job 6
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[serialization,210] Serializing job 6
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.424 '[serialization,217] Archiving job to C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2v30\jobs\00000006.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.471 '[jobManager,179] Raising event 0 for job 6
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.471 '[jobDeserializationTask,119] Archive file: 00000007.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.471 '[job,206] Job 7 changing state from -1 to 3
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.471 '[jobManager,340] Adding job 7
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.471 '[serialization,210] Serializing job 7
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.486 '[serialization,217] Archiving job to C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2v30\jobs\00000007.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.518 '[jobManager,179] Raising event 0 for job 7
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.518 '[jobDeserializationTask,119] Archive file: 00000008.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.533 '[job,206] Job 8 changing state from -1 to 3
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.533 '[jobManager,340] Adding job 8
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.533 '[serialization,210] Serializing job 8
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.533 '[serialization,217] Archiving job to C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2v30\jobs\00000008.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[jobManager,179] Raising event 0 for job 8
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[jobDeserializationTask,119] Archive file: jobManager.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[jobDeserializationTask,127] Could not deserialize job from file jobManager.xml: Bad job archive file name: jobManager.xml
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[task,216] Task execution completed
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Success requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:10.564 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:13.846 '[p2vLicenseManager,235] License job init with license file: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2vlcns
[2007-01-30 11:29:13.877 '[p2vLicenseManager,250] License job Success !

[2007-01-30 11:29:29.393 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:29.393 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:29.393 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:29:29.393 '[createUFASessionTask,106] Connecting to remote UFAD
[2007-01-30 11:29:29.393 '[createUFASessionTask,134] Mounting remote IPC share
[2007-01-30 11:29:36.221 '[task,234] Task failed: P2VError REMOTE_UFA_FIREWALLED(slffad2)
[2007-01-30 11:29:36.221 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Failure requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:36.221 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.783 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.783 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.799 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.799 '[createUFASessionTask,106] Connecting to remote UFAD
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.799 '[createUFASessionTask,134] Mounting remote IPC share
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.830 '[createUFASessionTask,158] Attempting to connect to to remote UFAD
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.830 'Connecting to ufa-client on named pipe \\slfad2\pipe\vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta-vmdb, use SSL: true
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.830 '[createUFASessionTask,169] Connection failed, attempting to deploy UFAD to remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.830 '[createUFASessionTask,209] Copying files to remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:29:40.830 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\ufad-archive.exe to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-arrnkahtusegqhhg on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:29:41.533 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\startup-ufad.bat to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-arrnkahtusegqhhg on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:29:41.549 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\cleanup-ufad.bat to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-arrnkahtusegqhhg on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:29:41.658 '[createUFASessionTask,216] Expanding archive on remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'Connecting to ufa-client on named pipe \\slfad2\pipe\vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta-vmdb, use SSL: true
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.361 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.377 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.377 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.393 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.393 'Connected to stream: [class Vmacore::Ssl::SSLStreamImpl:01CB6008]
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.393 '[Vmdb_Unset] Unsetting unknown path: /vmomi/

[2007-01-30 11:29:50.393 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.408 'Making sure that UFAD interface has version vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.424 'UFAD interface version is vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[createUFASessionTask,188] Remote UFAD connection successful
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,216] Task execution completed
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Success requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[ufaSession,54] QuerySourceInfo called
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.439 '[ufaTask,109] Successfully connected to VMImporter
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.471 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,107] Successfully connected to VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.486 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,799] Start managed object method for task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.486 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.486 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,657] (Re)Start waiting for property updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.502 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,738] Got an update from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.502 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:50.502 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,657] (Re)Start waiting for property updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.705 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,868] Remote task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0} completed
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.705 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.721 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,738] Got an update from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.721 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,504] Cleaning up remote task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.736 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,1155] Disposing task wrapper for task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.768 '[task,234] Task failed: P2VError UNABLE_TO_DETERMINE_GUEST_OS()
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.768 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Failure requested
[2007-01-30 11:29:51.768 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:29:57.127 'IVmdbPipe2Impl operation completed with error: Die Pipe wurde beendet.
[2007-01-30 11:30:00.143 'Shutting down VMDB service...
[2007-01-30 11:30:00.143 'Unregistering callback...
[2007-01-30 11:30:00.143 '...done
[2007-01-30 11:44:24.404 '[p2vLicenseManager,235] License job init with license file: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2vlcns
[2007-01-30 11:44:24.420 '[p2vLicenseManager,250] License job Success !

[2007-01-30 11:44:34.123 '[p2vLicenseManager,235] License job init with license file: C:\WINNT\Profiles\uapel.RCS\Anwendungsdaten\VMware\p2vlcns
[2007-01-30 11:44:34.123 '[p2vLicenseManager,250] License job Success !

[2007-01-30 11:44:51.966 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.966 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.966 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.966 '[createUFASessionTask,106] Connecting to remote UFAD
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.982 '[createUFASessionTask,134] Mounting remote IPC share
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.982 '[createUFASessionTask,158] Attempting to connect to to remote UFAD
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.982 'Connecting to ufa-client on named pipe \\slfad2\pipe\vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta-vmdb, use SSL: true
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.998 '[createUFASessionTask,169] Connection failed, attempting to deploy UFAD to remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.998 '[createUFASessionTask,209] Copying files to remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:44:51.998 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\ufad-archive.exe to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-vnulwtopzpiagfdz on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:44:52.138 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\startup-ufad.bat to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-vnulwtopzpiagfdz on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:44:52.138 '[createUFASessionTask,281] Copying file C:\Programme\vmware\VMware Converter\cleanup-ufad.bat to share ADMIN$, subdirectory vmware-ufad-p2v-vnulwtopzpiagfdz on host slfad2
[2007-01-30 11:44:52.170 '[createUFASessionTask,216] Expanding archive on remote machine
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'Connecting to ufa-client on named pipe \\slfad2\pipe\vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta-vmdb, use SSL: true
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.076 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 'Connected to stream: [class Vmacore::Ssl::SSLStreamImpl:01CC6360]
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 '[Vmdb_Unset] Unsetting unknown path: /vmomi/

[2007-01-30 11:45:01.091 'ERROR_MORE_DATA received
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.123 'Making sure that UFAD interface has version vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.138 'UFAD interface version is vmware-ufad-p2v30-beta
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[createUFASessionTask,188] Remote UFAD connection successful
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,216] Task execution completed
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Success requested
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[ufaSession,54] QuerySourceInfo called
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,278] Transition from None to InProgress requested
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[task,214] Starting execution of a Task
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.154 '[ufaTask,109] Successfully connected to VMImporter
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.185 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,107] Successfully connected to VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.201 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,799] Start managed object method for task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.201 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.201 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,657] (Re)Start waiting for property updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.216 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,738] Got an update from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.216 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:01.216 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,657] (Re)Start waiting for property updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.420 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,868] Remote task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0} completed
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.420 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,429] Waiting for updates from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.420 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,738] Got an update from VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.420 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,504] Cleaning up remote task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.435 '[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,1155] Disposing task wrapper for task VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task{0}
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.466 '[task,234] Task failed: P2VError UNABLE_TO_DETERMINE_GUEST_OS()
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.466 '[task,278] Transition from InProgress to Failure requested
[2007-01-30 11:45:02.466 '[task,327] Transition succeeded
[2007-01-30 11:45:08.138 'IVmdbPipe2Impl operation completed with error: Die Pipe wurde beendet.
[2007-01-30 11:45:11.138 'Shutting down VMDB service...
[2007-01-30 11:45:11.138 'Unregistering callback...
[2007-01-30 11:45:11.138 '...done
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 30, 2007 5:23 AM
Click to view Jasemccarty's profile Virtuoso Jasemccarty 3,368 posts since
Apr 5, 2005
Have you tried the latest build? 33128 is a beta build.

Also, the destination seems to be firewalled, according to your log.
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 30, 2007 5:43 AM
Click to view MPR's profile Lurker MPR 1 posts since
Jan 16, 2006
In my case, there was an access denied on the system. my network share was read only.

vmware converter creates/deletes an script folder
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 30, 2007 6:00 AM
Click to view RENAL's profile Lurker RENAL 3 posts since
Aug 18, 2005
I had the same problem but resovled it by installing Converter on a system with VMware Server 1.0.1. And now it works like it should.

I'm pretty amazed by the speed of conversion to ESX 3. It is much faster than VMware Importer 2.x
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 30, 2007 6:46 AM
in response to: Jasemccarty
Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
Thanks I will try the latest build.
The destination is not firewalled, and has been used successfully for other w2k3 server virtualizations with the same build

When using build 36853 the error comes directly after the agent installation on the soruce machine.

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Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 30, 2007 6:49 AM
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Click to view Jasemccarty's profile Virtuoso Jasemccarty 3,368 posts since
Apr 5, 2005
Also,

What type of servers are these?

How many disks do they have?

Do they have a vendor "utility" partition?
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 31, 2007 12:17 AM
in response to: Jasemccarty
Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
both are HP workstation xw 6200 running W2k3 (like the others which have no problems) with two hard disks (32gb each, sw mirrored). One of the servers has a 200gb SAN LUN attached via (emulex hba), the other is connected to a tape roboter (emulex hba) for backup via veritas
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Jan 31, 2007 2:15 AM
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Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
No vendor partitions on disk
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 1, 2007 12:24 AM
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Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
same behaviour with build 39557
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 1:57 AM
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Click to view Sigmaflex's profile Novice Sigmaflex 6 posts since
Jul 7, 2006
Hi uapel,

lablogic found one solution in thread: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=70167&tstart=0

Check your boot.ini, it helped me too with my problems (in my case the default-line was missing)

cheers
sigmaflex
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 2:44 AM
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Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
Hi Sigmaflex,
thanks for this info, but unfortunately we cannot find any problems in the respective boot.ini files.
regards
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 2:49 AM
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Click to view Sigmaflex's profile Novice Sigmaflex 6 posts since
Jul 7, 2006
do you have a software mirror? After I split the mirror under Windows the converter was able to read the OS.
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 6:40 AM
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Click to view Sigmaflex's profile Novice Sigmaflex 6 posts since
Jul 7, 2006
and... the converter is not able to read a dynamic partition. So I clone the whole disk 1 to the empty disk 2, delete the disk 1 and copy the image back from disk 2 to disk 1. Now it runs :-)
cheers
sigmaflex
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 6:48 AM
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Click to view uapel's profile Novice uapel 7 posts since
Jan 30, 2007
i am very sursprised by this as i already succesfully converted other servers with software mirroring enabled
Reply Re: error: unable to determine guest operating system Feb 2, 2007 8:30 AM
in response to: Sigmaflex
Click to view bluescreen's profile Enthusiast bluescreen 80 posts since
Apr 18, 2005
do you have a software mirror? After I split the
mirror under Windows the converter was able to read
the OS.

I had the same experience - broke the mirror and was good to go. :)

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