Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

Tomasz Chmielewski
2009-03-31T15:10:18Z

Gerry Reno schrieb:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> Gerry Reno schrieb:
>>> Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first
>>> reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known
>>> problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple.
>>> You boot into rescue mode from CDROM and reinstall the boot loader.
>>> The problem we're seeing is that even though I select CDROM from the
>>> boot menu, it will never boot from the CDROM. It always has an error.
>>
>> What error?
>>
> Boot Failure Code: 0003
> Boot from CDROM failed: cannot read the boot disk.
> FATAL: No bootable device.
>
> The host has only a DVD drive and we are using the DVD F10 install disk.
>
>>
>>> What can we do to get this VM to boot from the CDROM drive so that we
>>> can install a new bootloader and recover this VM?
>>
>> What parameters do you use to start the guest?
>>
>>
> I'm using the GUI VMM and selecting Run on that VM.

What is GUI VMM?
Do you know what parameters it passes to kvm binary?

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Tomasz Chmielewski