[libvirt] Windows VM doesn't start as Linux one does
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Thu Nov 12 11:30:20 UTC 2009
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 06:56:37PM +0100, Daniel Huhardeaux wrote:
> My start script -which started without any problem my XPHome VM- is:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> AUDIO="es1370"
> VGA="std"
>
> sudo /usr/bin/kvm -localtime -cdrom /dev/scd0 -boot c -hda
> /media/XP/vdisk.img -hdb /media/XP/vdisk1.img -m 512 -soundhw $AUDIO
> -vga $VGA\
> -net nic,vlan=0 -net vde,vlan=0,sock=/var/run/vde.ctl -usb -smb
> public -monitor tcp:127.0.0.1:32011,server,nowait &
> The XML file for the same VM which fail on boot is:
>
> <domain type='kvm'>
> <name>XPHome</name>
> <uuid>26e5de74-0841-c4b3-4cc1-e0df0f93cb31</uuid>
> <memory>524288</memory>
> <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
> <vcpu>1</vcpu>
> <os>
> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> </os>
> <features>
> <pae/>
> </features>
> <clock offset='localtime'/>
> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
> <devices>
> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <source file='/media/XP/vdisk.img'/>
> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
> </disk>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <source file='/media/XP/vdisk1.img'/>
> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
> </disk>
> <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
> <source dev='/dev/cdrom'/>
> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
> <readonly/>
> </disk>
> <interface type='bridge'>
> <mac address='54:52:00:7a:ee:01'/>
> <source bridge='virbr2'/>
> </interface>
> <serial type='pty'>
> <source path='/dev/pts/6'/>
> <target port='0'/>
> </serial>
> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/6'>
> <source path='/dev/pts/6'/>
> <target port='0'/>
> </console>
> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/>
> <sound model='es1370'/>
> <video>
> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
> </video>
> </devices>
> </domain>
Can you get the libvirt QEMU args from the log file
/var/log/libvirt/qemu/XPHome.log
so we can compare them to the args your custom script
used. There will probably be some minor difference that's
confusing windows
Daniel
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