Comment 13 for bug 238692

Hello David,

Thank you for your reply. The reason why I submitted my comment is because
it seems to be behaving differently than what has already been described. If
I read the other comments correctly, what has been described previously is
that the CD-Rom is unmounted when the Windows installer reboots for the
first time. However, my problem is that the installer will not even
initiate: I get the error message that "setup cannot read the CD you
inserted." So, the CD-Rom is mounted, and spinning, but the installer gives
an error message that it cannot find disk. I know this is a legitimate disk
and there is nothing physically wrong wither either it or my drive.
Curiously, this behavior persists even when I create an ISO of the disk and
point the Virtual Machine Manager to it.

Sorry if this is indeed a repetition.

Yours,

Alan

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, David Bensimon <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> strange_cathect, this is a know bug and as Leann has mentioned, the
> packages which include fixes for this will not be packaged for ubuntu
> until April 2009 (for the 9.04 Jaunty release). Until then, you will
> need to compile the versions I mentioned above, from source code or
> package it yourself to fix this bug. An alternative is to use an ISO
> file instead of a physical CD-ROM.
>
> --
> Virtual Machine CD-ROM disappears on its own - kvm virt-manager
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238692
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Virtual Machine Manager: Invalid
> Status in "kvm" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "libvirt" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "virt-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: kvm
>
> I have tested the following on Ubuntu 8.04. I am using kvm and
> virt-manager. I beleive this bug to be related to the libvirt-manager
> package. What happens is that virt-manager disconnects the CD-ROM without
> user intervention and does not allow the user to reconnected through the
> virt-manager GUI.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> $ sudo apt-get install kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder virt-manager
> $ sudo adduser ubuntu kvm
> # reboot
> $ virt-manager
> # double click on the localhost (User) to make status "Active"
> # new (button)
> # create a new VM using an XP CD
> # after first reboot, installer asks for CD, CD disappears from VM device
> list
>
> ======
>
> When creating a virtual machine you get the following options:
>
> -ISO
> -CD-ROM or DVD
> -Network PXE Boot
>
> On a VM with no CD-ROM these are the options you get when attempting to add
> a device:
>
> -Normal Disk Partition (Grayed Out)
> -Simple File (Works fine for ISO/Image but not for physical CD drive
> device)
> -Device Type (Selected CD-ROM)
>
> I would recommend that the CD-ROM or DVD option be the same in "Creating a
> VM" and "Add Device" so that a physical CD-ROM can be bound to a VM in a few
> clicks. Can the developers please try to find out why the CD drive is there
> (bound from host to guest) when the machine is created, but disapears after
> a reboot of the VM.
>