Re: boot=on option fails on win 2k/xp double boot

Gleb Natapov
2009-05-10T05:21:14Z

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).

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Gleb.