[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#521091: Bug#521091: libvirt0: No valid PXE rom found for network device

[Guido Günther]

retitle 521091 Should allow for nic selection in vm creation wizard
forwarded 521091 libvir-list at redhat.com

Hi Andreas,
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 05:59:44AM +0100, Andreas Unterkircher wrote:
>> Usage of virtio is determined by the selected ostype. Using
>> generic/generic should disable virio and therefore find a PXE rom.
>
> Sure, but with that kind of error message it is quiet difficult to  
> figure out, what's wrong. And choosing generic/generic when I know  
> exactly what operating system I want to run within the guest, wouldn't  
> come in my mind :-)

> A chance to already select the NIC model on creating the guest would be  
> great.
I've requested this upstream some time ago but they want to keep the
wizard simple. I wouldn't object to a Debian specific patch though, the
virtinst api has all that's needed.
Cheers,
 -- Guido