From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56598) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un1oh-0003T5-0d for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:19:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un1od-0000dP-LC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:19:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57794) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Un1od-0000d9-CB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:19:27 -0400 Message-ID: <51B97278.5020506@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:19:20 +0200 From: Martin Kletzander MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <51B885E7.5080208@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <51B885E7.5080208@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt] Upstream : virt-install and virt-manager fails to install the guest with the error "qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios.bin'" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: chandrashekar shastri Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virt-tools-list@redhat.com On 06/12/2013 04:29 PM, chandrashekar shastri wrote: > > Hi All, > > Upstream : virt-install and virt-manager fails to install the guest with > the error "qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios.bin'" > You are missing bios package for that. This depends on the distro you're using, but probably seabios-bin (vgabios, etc., I don't know the names) could help. The problem is, however, not caused by you, qemu itself should have it as a dependency. > Kernel, Qemu, Libvirt, Virt-Manager is built from the source (git). > > kernel version : 3.9.0+ > qemu version : QEMU emulator version 1.5.0 > libvirt version : 1.0.5 > virt-install : 0.600.3 > >>From what I know, this should've been fixed [1] in QEMU 1.4.0, but that might be distribution specific as well. I guess specific machine types might require specific BIOSes to be installed. Hope that helps, Martin [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901542 > > Guest installation fails for Standard PC machine type. > > virt-install --name vm_name --cdrom --disk --ram > 2000 --machine pc > > Starting install... > ERROR internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: char > device redirected to /dev/pts/1 > qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios.bin' > > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. > If it was, you can restart your domain by running: > virsh --connect qemu:///system start win7 > otherwise, please restart your installation. > > Where as the qemu installation succeeds with the same machine type > (standard pc) > > qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom -hda -boot d -m 1000 > -machine pc > > Below is the list of supported machine type: > > qemu-system-x86_64 -M ? > Supported machines are: > none empty machine > pc Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of > pc-i440fx-1.5) > pc-i440fx-1.5 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default) > pc-i440fx-1.4 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) > pc-1.3 Standard PC > pc-1.2 Standard PC > pc-1.1 Standard PC > pc-1.0 Standard PC > pc-0.15 Standard PC > pc-0.14 Standard PC > pc-0.13 Standard PC > pc-0.12 Standard PC > pc-0.11 Standard PC, qemu 0.11 > pc-0.10 Standard PC, qemu 0.10 > isapc ISA-only PC > q35 Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-1.5) > pc-q35-1.5 Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) > pc-q35-1.4 Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) > > Installation fails (virt-install) for all machine types expect > pc-i440fx-1.5 and pc-i440fx-1.4. > > Thanks, > Chandrashekar > > > -- > libvir-list mailing list > libvir-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list