files on microsoft iso images mounted to qemu VM get stripped from Version info. E.G. Microsoft UAG installation fails QEMU 0.9.0-0.14.1 KVM 60-88-0.14.1 there is a reference for a root cause, why installation of Microsoft UAG fails. http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2010/07/13/another-tmg-2010-installation-failure-with-error-0x80070643.aspx when checking available information on the mounted UAG ISO in my qemu machine, I realized simliar reduced information. this was found: using AQEMU 0.8.2 of 2011.07.27 using QEMU 0.9.0-0.14.1 and KVM 60-88-0.14.1 in an KVM managed machine