[libvirt-users] KVM guests unusable after install

I'm finding that my KVM images are not bootable after i reboot my host, and i've detailed my problem here.... http://serverfault.com/questions/589806/kvm-machines-unbootable-after-hos... Any thoughts on why? Here is a repaste of the problem: **************************************************************************************** Im finding that my KVM guests are unusable after i reboot my host. Specifically, I always get this error: Booting from hard disk Boot failed: not a bootable disk What causes this error? I've tried toggling the VM disk type between qcow2 and raw, because a few articles online mentioned that this can happen if virt doesnt know the type of image to load, but that did not help. ** some more details ** I create My VMs from source using a command somewhat like this: base="http://mirror.pnl.gov/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/o... nohup sudo virt-install --hvm --name $vm_name$i --ram 4000 \ --disk path=/VirtualMachines/$vm_name$i,size=30 \ --location $base -x "ks=http://xxx.os21.ks$kx"& My virsh file looks like this: 1 <domain type='kvm'> 2 <name>testFriApr11092714EDT2014_1</name> 3 <uuid>d4c86892-fb15-04ed-f4ab-7e3c76974ffc</uuid> 4 <memory unit='KiB'>4096000</memory> 5 <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4096000</currentMemory> 6 <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> 7 <os> 8 <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.4.0'>hvm</type> 9 <boot dev='hd'/> 10 </os> 11 <features> 12 <acpi/> 13 <apic/> 14 <pae/> 15 </features> 16 <clock offset='utc'/> 17 <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> 18 <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> 19 <on_crash>restart</on_crash> 20 <devices> 21 <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> 22 <disk type='file' device='disk'> 23 <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/> 24 <source file='/VirtualMachines/testFriApr11092714EDT2014_1'/> 25 <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> 26 <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> 27 </disk> 28 <controller type='usb' index='0'> 29 <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> 30 </controller> 31 <controller type='ide' index='0'> 32 <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> 33 </controller> 34 <interface type='network'> -- Jay Vyas http://jayunit100.blogspot.com