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From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: KVM-74:  HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:01:10 -0400
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Charles Duffy wrote:
> Gerry Reno wrote:
>> Charles Duffy wrote:
>>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>> What is GUI VMM?
>>>> virt-manager
>>>
>>> To get support for kvm proper here, you'll want to use ps to see the 
>>> command line with which libvirtd is invoking kvm and provide that.
>>>
>> /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty 
>> -boot c -drive 
>> file=/var/vm/vm1/qemu/images/MX_3/MX_3.img,if=ide,index=0,boot=on 
>> -net nic,macaddr=00:0c:29:e3:bc:ee,vlan=0 -net 
>> tap,fd=18,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet1 -serial none -parallel none 
>> -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:1 -k en-us
>
> -drive file=/path/to/your.iso,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
>
> or, in your XML:
>
>     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>       <source file='/path/to/your.iso'/>
>       <target dev='hdd' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>     </disk>
>
I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives 
an error about cannot read image file.
<source file=/media/Fedora 10 DVD"/>
And I check this path and I can read all the files from the command line 
on the DVD just fine.
What could be the problem?

Regards,
Gerry