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

Gleb Natapov
2009-05-10T08:51:09Z

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:38:18AM +0200, Federico Fissore wrote:
> Gleb Natapov, il 10/05/2009 07:21, ha scritto:
>> 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?
>
>
> yes they are
>
>>
>>> 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).
>>
>
> attached is the xml
> the current non-working version uses disk images. but it fails the same
> way when using LVM volumes
>
> other info: libvirt version is 0.4.6-10 and kvm is 72. these are what is
> currenntly available with debian lenny
>
Can you please try non ancient version of KVM? kvm-85?

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Gleb.