Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Problems with libvirt / qemu

[Dan Johansson <Dan.Johansson@dmj.nu>]

On Sunday 10 October 2010 20.08:26 walt wrote:
> On 10/10/2010 07:05 AM, Dan Johansson wrote:
> > I know this is of topic, but this is one of the few lists where you mostly get a competent answer.
> >
> > I have a small problem with libvirt / qemu. I have created a guest (also gentoo) on a gentoo hosts and when I start it from the command-line the guests starts OK, but when I start the guest through libvirt with "virsh start" I get "Booting from Hard Disk...
> > Boot failed: not a bootable disk
> > No bootable device"
> >
> > This is the command-line I use to start the guest (which works)
> > "cd /var/lib/kvm/Wilmer;  /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm \
> >          -net nic,vlan=1,model=rtl8139,macaddr=DE:ED:BE:EF:01:03 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=qtap13,script=no,downscript=no \
> >          -net nic,vlan=3,model=rtl8139,macaddr=DE:ED:BE:EF:03:03 -net tap,vlan=3,ifname=qtap33,script=no,downscript=no \
> >          -m 2048 -k de-ch -vnc :3 -daemonize \
> >          Wilmer.qcow2"
> >
> >
> > The libvirt XML-file was created using "virsh domxml-from-native qemu-argv" and this is the result of that conversion:
> 
> >      <boot dev='hd'/>
> 
> You obviously know more about libvirt than I do, but I'm wondering about
> that 'hd'.  qemu knows enough to interpret Wilmer.qcow2 as the boot disk,
> but maybe libvirt isn't that smart.
> 
> I'd maybe try using an explicit '-hda Wilmer.qcow2' in your original script
> so virsh doesn't need to assume anything while converting it.

Good point - but that did not help, still the same. :-( 

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Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>
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