On Mon, January 22, 2018 4:54 pm, Brian LoBue wrote:
> Error starting VM work: VM root image doesn't exist
> /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/fedora-23/root.img
> Is there a way to reinstall fedora-23 and get sys-net and my app vms to
> work again?
I'm not aware of a way to reinstall just the fedora-23 template from the
install image.
Unfortunately, you'd need to be able to start the appvms to use this method.
> Where are the app vm files stored? Are the files available from dom0 with
> the VM not running?
If possible, suggest you run a backup of the VMs with the GUI interface
instead of trying to access the files directly. You'd need to attach
another drive accessible to dom0 temporarily to backup to. If you go this
route, make sure to disconnect it prior to the reinstall so the installer
doesn't mess with it, then reconnect when done and restore.
The actual VM .img files are under /var/lib/qubes/appvms. You could copy
out those appvms' .img files directly to your backup drive, then mount
them from within a VM after a reinstall but again, make sure to disconnect
your backup drive for the install. Might not be a bad idea to copy these
over directly in addition to the backup, in case the backup/restore
process gets confused by missing templates.