fish: Improve error messages when no OS / multi-boot OS found with inspection (RHBZ...

[libguestfs.git] / fish / inspect.c

diff --git a/fish/inspect.c b/fish/inspect.c
index 98329ee..7d4401e 100644 (file)
--- a/fish/inspect.c
+++ b/fish/inspect.c
@@ -86,14 +86,42 @@ inspect_mount (void)
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 
   if (roots[0] == NULL) {
-    fprintf (stderr, _("%s: no operating system was found on this disk\n"),
+    fprintf (stderr,
+      _("%s: no operating system was found on this disk\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using guestfish '-i' option, remove this option and instead\n"
+        "use the commands 'run' followed by 'list-filesystems'.\n"
+        "You can then mount filesystems you want by hand using the\n"
+        "'mount' or 'mount-ro' command.\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using guestmount '-i', remove this option and choose the\n"
+        "filesystem(s) you want to see by manually adding '-m' option(s).\n"
+        "Use 'virt-filesystems' to see what filesystems are available.\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using other virt tools, this disk image won't work\n"
+        "with these tools.  Use the guestfish equivalent commands\n"
+        "(see the virt tool manual page).\n"),
              program_name);
     free_strings (roots);
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
   if (roots[1] != NULL) {
-    fprintf (stderr, _("%s: multi-boot operating systems are not supported by the -i option\n"),
+    fprintf (stderr,
+      _("%s: multi-boot operating systems are not supported\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using guestfish '-i' option, remove this option and instead\n"
+        "use the commands 'run' followed by 'list-filesystems'.\n"
+        "You can then mount filesystems you want by hand using the\n"
+        "'mount' or 'mount-ro' command.\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using guestmount '-i', remove this option and choose the\n"
+        "filesystem(s) you want to see by manually adding '-m' option(s).\n"
+        "Use 'virt-filesystems' to see what filesystems are available.\n"
+        "\n"
+        "If using other virt tools, multi-boot operating systems won't work\n"
+        "with these tools.  Use the guestfish equivalent commands\n"
+        "(see the virt tool manual page).\n"),
              program_name);
     free_strings (roots);
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);