My host is Gentoo x64, kernel 3.5.2, qemu-kvm 1.1.1-r1, libvirt 0.9.13, seabios 1.7.0
i try to set the boot order with scsi cd-rom first, then scsi harddisk but the virtual machine will always boot with first scsi device only (unit='0', the scsi harddisk) is it a known problem? my libvirt config: <domain type='kvm'> <name>Linux</name> <uuid>xxx</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.1'>hvm</type> <boot dev='cdrom'/> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='no'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hap/> </features> <cpu mode='host-model'> <model fallback='allow'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='unsafe' io='native'/> <source file='/Linux.raw_image'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='unsafe' io='native'/> <source file='/xubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.iso'/> <target dev='sdb' bus='scsi'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='direct'> <mac address='xx'/> <source dev='eth0' mode='bridge'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'> <image compression='off'/> <jpeg compression='never'/> <zlib compression='never'/> <playback compression='off'/> <streaming mode='off'/> </graphics> <sound model='ich6'> <codec type='micro'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='qxl' vram='65536' heads='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> </redirdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>