[libvirt] Creating Guest OS in Virtual Box

[Pritesh Kothari]

Hi Santosh,

apply this patch
http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg16797.html
and hopefully it should work

Regards,
Pritesh

On Monday 05 October 2009 14:51:33 santosh gandham wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am trying to create Guest OS (VM) in virtualBox throught libvirt. I
> installed libvirt 0.7.0 and created the template as
>
> <domain type='vbox'>
> 	<name>ubuntu</name>
>
> 	<os>
> 		<type>hvm</type>
> 		<boot dev='hd'/>
> 	</os>
>
>          <memory>542720</memory>
>          <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>
> 	<devices>
> 		<disk type='file' device='disk'>
> 			<source file='/home/santhosh/Desktop/ubuntu9.vdi'/>
> 			<target dev='hdd'/>
>
> 		</disk>
> 		<graphics type='rdp' port='3386'/>
> 	</devices>
> </domain>
>
> Then I issued this command
>
>   $ virsh -c vbox:///session define /home/santhosh/Desktop/ubun.tmpl
>
>   Domain ubuntu defined from /home/santhosh/Desktop/ubun.tmpl
>
> When I open VirtualBox, it has created a domain named "ubuntu". All
> the parameters specified in the template file are set except  "Hard
> disks" . So, when I start the VM, I am left with boot errors
>
> 00:00:06.318 Guest Log: BIOS: int13_harddisk: function 02, unmapped
> device for ELDL=80
> 00:00:06.319 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Hard Disk 0 failed
> 00:00:06.321 Guest Log: Could not read from the boot medium! System halted.
>
> It is unable to boot from the disk image which I specified in the
> template and I am sure the path  specified to disk image in the
> template is correct.
>
> I am unable to diagnize and find where is the error. Can any one help
> me here to know what might be the problem and what should I do.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Gandham Santhosh
>
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