** Tags removed: ec2-images -- seabios should have native scsi support https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU.
Status in QEMU: New Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “seabios” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: seabios Currently when a grub multiboot image is booted with 'kvm -kernel' and 'biosdisk' module, it will see block devices of type IDE or virtio. It will not see scsi devices. To demonstrate this: $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.img 1G $ grub-mkrescue --output=rescue.iso $ grub-mkimage -O i386-pc --output=grub-mb.img biosdisk minicmd part_msdos An 'ls' inside the grub prompt will show hard disks (hd0) on if: a.) -drive uses interface of virtio or scsi or b.) kvm boots boot from a cdrom or floppy For example, with these commands, grub will see a '(hd0)' $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=scsi,boot=on -cdrom rescue.iso -boot d $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=scsi,boot=on -floppy rescue.iso -boot a $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=virtio,boot=on -cdrom rescue.iso -boot d $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=ide,boot=on -cdrom rescue.iso -boot d $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=virtio,boot=on -kernel grub-mb.img $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=ide,boot=on -kernel grub-mb.img But the following will not: $ kvm -drive file=disk.img,if=scsi,boot=on -kernel grub-mb.img ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: seabios 0.6.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.32-305.9-ec2 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-305-ec2 i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jul 29 03:21:21 2010 Dependencies: Ec2AMI: ami-e930db80 Ec2AMIManifest: ubuntu-images-testing-us/ubuntu-maverick-daily-i386-server-20100727.manifest.xml Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1b Ec2InstanceType: m1.small Ec2Kernel: aki-407d9529 Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: seabios
