[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#553171: cannot boot debian netinst on guest

[Harald Dunkel]

Package: libvirt0
Version: 0.7.1-2

If I try to install a virtual machine, then the *.iso file
(debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso) fails to boot. On the
guest console is a message:

	CDROM boot failure code : 0003
	Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk
	FATAL: No bootable device.

This is fatal.

Here is the procedure I used

	export VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI=qemu:///system
	name=Test
	kvmdir=/export/storage
	mkdir -p $kvmdir/$name
	qemu-img create -f qcow2 $kvmdir/$name/hda.qcow2 32G

	virt-install --connect ${VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI} \
	-n $name -r 1024 -vcpus=1 -f $kvmdir/$name/hda.qcow2 \
	--network=bridge:br0 --vnc --accelerate -v \
	-c /export/isos/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso \
	--os-type=linux --os-variant=debianSqueeze

I got the same problem for booting the Debian 503 netinst
CD. Virt-manager's wizard cannot do better, either.

It worked fine using Lenny as a host. libvirt can also run
my old virtual machines.


Regards

Harri