Hello, I created a guest from XML without a <bootloader> tag. When I run dumpxml on the guest, I notice that an empty <bootloader /> tag is appended. Is this the expected behavior? This seems to differ from the behavior of other optional tags. Thanks! Log: ---------------- $ cat no_boot.xml <domain type='xen' id='-1'> <name>domU1</name> <uuid>12278656-c4c9-11dc-8852-feffffffffff</uuid> <os> <type>linux</type> <kernel>/tmp/default-xen-kernel</kernel> <initrd>/tmp/default-xen-initrd</initrd> <cmdline>TERM=xterm </cmdline> </os> <memory>131072</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <interface type='ethernet'> <target dev='vif-1.0'/> <mac address='11:22:33:aa:bb:cc'/> </interface> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='file'/> <source file='/tmp/default-xen-dimage'/> <target dev='xvda'/> </disk> </devices> </domain> $ sudo virsh define no_boot.xml Domain domU1 defined from no_boot.xml $ sudo virsh dumpxml domU1 <domain type='xen' id='-1'> <name>domU1</name> <uuid>12278656-c4c9-11dc-8852-feffffffffff</uuid> <bootloader/> <os> <type>linux</type> <kernel>/tmp/default-xen-kernel</kernel> <initrd>/tmp/default-xen-initrd</initrd> <cmdline>TERM=xterm </cmdline> </os> <memory>131072</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <interface type='ethernet'> <target dev='vif-1.0'/> <mac address='11:22:33:aa:bb:cc'/> </interface> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='file'/> <source file='/tmp/default-xen-dimage'/> <target dev='xvda'/> </disk> </devices> </domain> -- Kaitlin Rupert IBM Linux Technology Center kaitlin(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com