I wrote a little script that should have solved my problems, however libvirt has other ideas.
http://pastebin.com/HgwtQ3iL #!/bin/bash out_args=( ) while (( $# )) do if [[ "$1" = "-drive" ]] then out_args+=( "$1" "$(<<<"$2" sed \ -e s/,boot=on//g \ -e s/boot=on,//g \ -e s/boot=on//g \ )" ) shift 2 else out_args+=( "$1" ) shift fi done exec "${0}-original" "${out_ar...@]}" http://pastebin.com/7SKxnJGV Some strace output, the exec on line 15 fails with a permission problem. -- qemu -drive boot=on flag causes boot to hang. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs