Thanks Aaron, i have only qemu-kvm not kvm. The issue was the image type is qcow2. When I changed it to the following I got pass that issue. qemu-image create -f qcow2 $IMAGE 5 G Howerve, I am not getting ISOLINUX 4.02 2010-07-21 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et alÿ. I have tried to boot with the same ISO on a different VM and it worked fined. Not sure why. any ideas. AK
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:09:19 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Openstack] QEMU Error > From: aro...@nicira.com > To: ak_m...@hotmail.com > CC: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > > The following should do the trick for you in order to create a new > disk and boot an iso using it : > > IMAGE=centos-6.2.img > qemu-img create -f raw $IMAGE 5G > sudo kvm -hda $IMAGE -m 512 -smp 2 -cdrom centos_installer.iso -boot c > > Aaron > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:36 AM, AK Sathiya <ak_m...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > All, i am a newbi to the openstack. I am trying to create a QCOW2 image from > > a Centos Linux installation iso and ran into the a road block. This is what > > I did so far (just followed the admin manual for Openstack). > > > > IMAGE=centos-6.2.img > > $ qemu-img create -f raw $IMAGE 5G > > > > VNCDISPLAY=:2 > > $ MONITOR=/tmp/file.mon > > $ sudo /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -m 1024 -drive file=${IMAGE},if=virtio,index=0 > > \ > > -boot c -net nic -net user -nographic -vnc ${VNCDISPLAY} \ > > -monitor unix:${MONITOR},server,nowait > > > > I have the distribution iso on the local directory of the user. > > > > I got the following error. what am i missing here? > > > > qemu-kvm: -drive file=centos-6.2.img,if=virtio,index=0: could not open disk > > image centos-6.2.img:Operation not supported > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > AK > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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