Gene, KVM uses QEMU for its toolset. So when leveraging the KVM hypervisor, the errors you will see come from the QEMU tools.
BTW, IMHO, your and Paul's statements were very much like being on an automotive board and when someone asks about engine tuning on a Chevy, you tell them to sell the Chevy and buy a Ford instead. There was a much simpler fix. :) Gene Cronk wrote: > Instead of using QEMU, my I recommend VirtualBox OSE? > > http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > In my experience, speed wise, VBOSE blows the doors off of QEMU. > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Whit Hansell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I messed up just then. Forgot to do a reply all to get it to the lug >> too and didn't answer your question re the install. >> >> Yes the install went flawlessly. Ran into problems when I shut it down and >> went to restart it and found out about the cd needing to be in the drive for >> it to work. thanks. >> Whit >> >> Hey thanks Kyle, >> When I open up the VMM and hit run w. no cd in the drive, it immediately >> throws up an error --- >> Error starting domain: internal error QEMU quit during console start >> >> QEMU could not open disk image /dev/sr0 >> >> Details: >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 531, in >> run_domain >> vm.startup() >> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 380, in startup >> self.vm.create() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 262, in create >> if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self) >> libvirtError: internal error QEMU quit during console startup >> qemu: could not open disk image /dev/sr0 >> >> note from whit >> (/dev/sr0 is the source path according to the hardware list in the vmm >> and the target is hdc for the cd drive.) >> >> Does it make any sense to you? Thanks for the reply. Your help is >> greatly appreciated. If you know any other way to do the install I'll >> even try that. I just used this one because it was all over the net so >> figured it would be ok. >> >> Cheers. >> Whit >> >> >> >> Kyle Gonzales wrote: >> >>> What exactly happens when there is no CD in the drive? Does it throw >>> an error? Did the initial Windows install complete without errors? >>> >>> On Monday, April 19, 2010, Whit Hansell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hey guys and gals, >>>> >>>> I'm totally frustrumated w. this virtual stuff. Love the concept and >>>> have made strides successfully but have run into a big blank wall. >>>> >>>> I'm using KVM and the Virtual Machine Manager GUI to set up a guest >>>> WinXP system on my Debian AMD64 system. I've taken the time to set >>>> aside 20G of space for virtual machines and have succesfully set up >>>> WinXP on an 8G slice w. NTFS in an .img file. I've got internet access >>>> and sound need to access the CD/dvd drive to install some Windows >>>> programs which is the whole reason for the Windows virtual system. I >>>> have found that in order for the WinXP to even run I need to have a cd >>>> in the drive. Blank or no. Doesn't make a difference. It's not being >>>> read anyway; it just has to be there. And I cannot use the cd drive to >>>> install any programs because according to the early developers, they had >>>> to leave it open because of the need for Windows to reboot to finish the >>>> installation. It means that in this case, the cd/dvd drive is useless >>>> to me except to hold a blank cd so I can start Windows. >>>> >>>> Has anyone found a workaround for this? I've googled all over the place >>>> and only found the one instance where this situation is even mentioned >>>> and they say I can use the menu and the eject button to remove the cd >>>> and close the drive. But it does not work. Nor do the Crtl+Alt+# sets >>>> work for me. >>>> >>>> Any recommends will be much appreciated. I've been fooling around with >>>> this for a couple of weeks and have not found the answer. >>>> >>>> TIA and thanks for being here for all of us whether anyone knows the >>>> answer to this mess or not. I learn from all of you. >>>> >>>> Whit >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> List archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> >> >> -- Kyle Gonzales [email protected] GPG Key #0x566B435B Read My Tech Blog: http://techiebloggiethingie.blogspot.com/
