[libvirt-users] libvirt boots from Knoppix-CD but not Debian-CD
Debian Squeeze, libvirt 0.8.3, qemu-kvm 0.15.5 After configuring the cd image the bios screen shows: (tested with virsh, virt-install and virt-manager) Starting SeaBIOS (version 0.5.1-20110523_174945-brahms) Booting from CD-Rom 65MB medium found (bzw. whatever size) Boot failed: Could not read from CDROM (code 000c) ... the cd images (debian6-cd1, debian6-netinst, debian6-buisnesscard) have the correct md5sum an can be mounted, they simply do not boot. On the other hand, a recent knoppix ISO works well. Tested countless times. All access rights are 777. Only special feature: the host is a minimal installation done with debootstrap and contains not much else than libvirt, virt-manager and lxterminal. I am out of wit. Any ideas? -- Christian Brandt life is short and in most cases it ends with death but my tombstone will carry the hiscore
Based on further experiments I think you can not boot any debian cd with seabios/kvm/libvirt solution, am I right? -- Christian Brandt life is short and in most cases it ends with death but my tombstone will carry the hiscore
Problem solved, the solution: Don't trust labels on disks. They often mix up architectures. Don't trust labels on computers. They often do not only mix up architectures but also send you into login into a virtual engine instead of the real engine. Don't trust jigdoed ISO-Images. Stupid people will have done stupid things to the data before mkisofs, including but not limited to mixing up architectures. Final though: Even if your internet line is only 128kBit always download official images. -- Christian Brandt life is short and in most cases it ends with death but my tombstone will carry the hiscore
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