I have found the problem: In the <disk> section the following was missing
"<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>".
After adding this line it works again.
--
Dan
On Monday 11 October 2010 19.36:03 Dan Johansson wrote:
Yes, the image contains an OS (it works if I start the guest
manually).
> The image contains an OS or not?
> If not, you can't choose to boot from disk like "<boot
dev='hd'/>"
>
> 2010/10/10 Dan Johansson <kvm(a)dmj.nu>:
> > HI,
> >
> > I have a small problem with libvirt / qemu. I have created a guest and when I
start it from the command-line the guests starts OK, but when I start the guest through
libvirt with "virsh start" I get "Booting from Hard Disk...
> > Boot failed: not a bootable disk
> > No bootable device"
> >
> > This is the command-line I use to start the guest (which works)
> > "cd /var/lib/kvm/Wilmer; /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm \
> > -net nic,vlan=1,model=rtl8139,macaddr=DE:ED:BE:EF:01:03 -net
tap,vlan=1,ifname=qtap13,script=no,downscript=no \
> > -net nic,vlan=3,model=rtl8139,macaddr=DE:ED:BE:EF:03:03 -net
tap,vlan=3,ifname=qtap33,script=no,downscript=no \
> > -m 2048 -k de-ch -vnc :3 -daemonize \
> > Wilmer.qcow2"
> >
> >
> > The libvirt XML-file was created using "virsh domxml-from-native
qemu-argv" and this is the result of that conversion:
> > <domain type='kvm'>
> > <name>wilmer</name>
> > <uuid>a421968d-0573-1356-8cb7-32caff525a03</uuid>
> > <memory>2097152</memory>
> > <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
> > <vcpu>2</vcpu>
> > <os>
> > <type arch='x86_64'
machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
> > <boot dev='hd'/>
> > </os>
> > <features>
> > <acpi/>
> > </features>
> > <clock offset='utc'/>
> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> > <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> > <devices>
> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
> > <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> > <source file='/var/lib/kvm/Wilmer/Wilmer.qcow2'/>
> > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0'
unit='0'/>
> > </disk>
> > <controller type='ide' index='0'>
> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
> > </controller>
> > <interface type='ethernet'>
> > <mac address='de:ed:be:ef:01:03'/>
> > <script path='no'/>
> > <target dev='qtap13'/>
> > <model type='rtl8139'/>
> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
> > </interface>
> > <interface type='ethernet'>
> > <mac address='de:ed:be:ef:03:03'/>
> > <script path='no'/>
> > <target dev='qtap33'/>
> > <model type='rtl8139'/>
> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
> > </interface>
> > <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
> > <graphics type='vnc' port='5903' autoport='no'
listen=''/>
> > <video>
> > <model type='cirrus' vram='9216'
heads='1'/>
> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
> > </video>
> > </devices>
> > </domain>
> >
> >
> > Anyone seeing something obvious that I have missed?
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Dan Johansson, <
http://www.dmj.nu>
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