The code in do_part_get_bootable() assumes that if a partition has the bootable flag set, then that is the only flag. It compares the entire flags field with the string "boot". However, the boot flag isn't always the only flag. For instance, POWER systems typically have a bootable partition of type 0x41 (PPC PReP boot), which parted -m displays as: # parted -m -- f18.img unit b print BYT; /root/f18.img:16106127360B:file:512:512:msdos::; 1:1048576B:5242879B:4194304B:::boot, prep; That is, the flags field contains "boot, prep", and thus libguestfs fails to see that this partition is bootable. Ultimately this causes virt-resize to fail to set the bootable flag on the boot partition of the destination image, resulting in an image that won't boot. This patch fixes the problem by searching for the string "boot" within the flags field, instead of comparing the whole flags field. --- --- libguestfs-1.22.5/daemon/parted.c~ 2013-02-03 00:47:53.000000000 +1100 +++ libguestfs-1.22.5/daemon/parted.c 2013-08-02 11:16:49.921790245 +1000 @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ if (boot == NULL) return -1; - return STREQ (boot, "boot"); + return strstr (boot, "boot") != NULL; } else { /* Old-style: First look for the line matching "^Number". */