[libvirt] libvirtError: internal error unknown boot device 'floppy'

[Cole Robinson]

On 07/13/2010 09:30 PM, John Lumby wrote:
> Hello.    I believe I've found a bug in libvirtd but not sure.
> 
> 
> Using libvirt-0.8.1 and virtinst-0.500.3 (and virt-manager-0.8.4 and
> Python 2.6.5 if relevant) on a linux system (kernel 2.6.35-rc4 if relevant)
> 
> 
> I ran this virt-install command , which is trying to create a windows2k
> virt mc by importing an existing system consisting of a boot-floppy
> image on a file (the boot device) and one real disk device on /dev/sdc
> 
> 
> virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name=RH7win2k --ram=392
> --cpuset=0 --description="win2k on RH7 disk on usb, nat network"
> --import --network=network=default --virt-type=kqemu --accelerate --vnc
> --vncport=5905 --video=cirrus
> --disk=/mnt/soltbakp/commonfiles/win2k_boot.floppage,device=floppy
> --disk=/dev/sdc,device=disk --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k
> 
> 
> and it fails like so
> 
> 
> ERROR internal error unknown boot device 'floppy'
> ERROR internal error unknown boot device 'floppy'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/bin/virt-install", line 1033, in <module>
> main()
> File "/usr/local/bin/virt-install", line 915, in main
> start_time, guest.start_install)
> File "/usr/local/bin/virt-install", line 957, in do_install
> dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
> 972, in start_install
> return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
> 1037, in _do_install
> "install")
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line
> 1021, in _create_guest
> self.domain = self.conn.defineXML(final_xml)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1224, in
> defineXML
> if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainDefineXML() failed', conn=self)
> libvirtError: internal error unknown boot device 'floppy'
> 
> 
> but if I repeat the command with just interchanging the order of the
> floppy and disk definitions,  (so that I am telling it to use the disk
> as boot device),  then the virt-install works ok as far as setup goes,
> but of course fails during boot  (and I can then alter the boot order
> back to what I should be in virt-manager and it then boots)
> 
> 
> Is this a bug?   and if so is it already known?   (I couldn't find how
> to search the archives for this list and don't see it in google)
> 

Can you provide the full output of the virt-install command with the --debug flag?

- Cole