Unable to start WinXP using virt-manager

[Michael Monreal]

After installation of WinXP in virt-manager (using KVM) I get this while trying to boot: Disk read error

[Mihai (mihai-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:

When try to install winXp in a qemu VM with virt-manager I see that:

Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'>
virDomainCreateLinux() failed internal error QEMU quit during console startup
qemu: could not open disk image /home/mihai/xp.img

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 651, in do_install
    dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 845, in
start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 866, in
_do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 833, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed internal error QEMU quit during
console startup
qemu: could not open disk image /home/mihai/xp.img

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Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora Rawhide update 17.04.2008
virt-manager-0.5.4-3.fc9.i386
qemu-0.9.1-5.fc9.i386
libvirt-0.4.2-1.fc9.i386

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[Michael Monreal (mimox)]

I have now installed the Intrepid Alpha release on another partition and I got the same problem there. WinXP installs just fine from CD but at the first boot it says the HDD is corrupted. The installation is completed at this point though (seems to be successful, see screenshot)

[Michael Monreal (mimox)]

Also I was able to install WinXP using kvm command line just fine... and virt-manager was able to boot WinXP after installing it using qemu. What's wrong with ubuntu's virt-manager setup?

[Cédric Belin (cedx)]

I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 8.10 Intrepid 64 bits with virt-manager 0.5.4-2ubuntu1, kvm 72+dfsg-1ubuntu6 and libvirt 0.4.4-3ubuntu3.

If I install AND run a Windows XP system with kvm command line, everything works fine.
If I install OR run the Windows XP system with virt-manager, I obtain disk errors and the system reboots all the time.

With my previous Ubuntu system (8.04 Hardy 64 bits), virt-manager worked fine. It seems that the virt-manager version shipped with Intrepid has introduced regression(s). It's a critical error since the current virt-manager is useless for some guest OS.

[Alvin (alvind)]

There is a workaround for this problem posted in bug 105195, but the report of that bug may be inaccurate. Can someone confirm if this is a duplicate?

[Kunio Murasawa (m92o)]

I think, this is not a duplicate.

I tested Kubuntu 9.04 alpha 3 with virt-manager 0.6.0-6ubuntu1.
It works. (Windows XP install OK)

As CedX said, It might be virt-manager problem.

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Thanks for reporting this issue. Do you still have this issue with recent versions of Ubuntu, such as Karmic or Lucid?

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