From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gleb Natapov Subject: Re: boot=on option fails on win 2k/xp double boot Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 08:21:08 +0300 Message-ID: <20090510052108.GC18554@redhat.com> References: <4A05C32E.6070003@assist-si.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kvm To: Federico Fissore Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:37691 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751183AbZEJFVO (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 01:21:14 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A05C32E.6070003@assist-si.it> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 07:53:50PM +0200, Federico Fissore wrote: > I've a windows (virtual) box with windows xp originally installed and a > windows 2k lately installed > Are they both installed on the same disk? > If I run kvm from the command line for testing purposes everything is > fine. If I run it with libvirt on the host, I does not boot, complaining > with an I/O error > > the problem arises since libvirt adds boot=on on the first disk > > without that option, everything works fine > > do you have any hint on this? > libvirt should not add boot=on if interface type is IDE and if disk type is not IDE then boot is supported only from one disk (the one that has boot=on). -- Gleb.