Hi, win-xp won't boot after installation. The CD is needed to boot from. How can I convince win-xp to boot? That's what I did: ================== I installed win-xp guest on debian squeeze: # virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name winxp-prof --ram 1024 \ --disk path=/dev/vg-levo/winxp-kvm,size=10 \ --network bridge:br0 --vnc --os-variant winxp --cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/vg-levo/winxp-kvm is a lvm (logical volume, 10GB) Installation worked, but was extrem slow. Machine: Lenovo B560, core i3, 6 GB RAM. WinXP made a normal reboot after installation, I ejected install cd, then: virt-manager output: Error starting domain: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: chard device redirected to /dev/pts/2 qemu: could not open disk image /dev/sr0: mo medium found So I inserted the CD and a black blanc screen appeared. Windows didn't boot. I deleted installation configuration: # virsh undefine winxp-prof I invoked virt-install (see above) once again ... and win-xp is booting ... what a surprise, without installing again after undefine .. ! The reason: the lvm partition was not deleted. WinXP now always needs a CD to boot and is extreme sluggisch. Right mouse click lasts about one minute! tia Ekkard