Re: [libvirt-users] boot device

Hi, Yes, it failed to boot from hard disk, instead booted from cd. I made a simple modification to the domain xml config file attached before. I replaced "target='xvda' with target='hda'" and removed per boot option. This time, installation was successful and booted from hd. Since installation was successful i deleted the iso file, then rebooted the machine, but it failed with the error. virsh # start vm-2 error: Failed to start domain vm-2 error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Disk image does not exist: /var/lib/libvirt/images/Rhel53.iso') I hope this is not the proper behaviour. Below is my config file i used this time. <domain type='xen'> <name>vm-2</name> <memory>1048576</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type> <loader>/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader</loader> <boot dev='hd' /> <boot dev='cdrom'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/vm-2.img'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide' /> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/Rhel53.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide' /> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0' /> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/> </devices> </domain> Similar config file I used on kvm and esxi, i din't face any issue there. Can you let me know how libvirt sorts the boot device ? Thanks, Vivek On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: