<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> I did as your referenced messages suggested and changed the cobbler syntax to... cobbler image add --name=winxp --file=192.168.50.2:/cobblernfs/winxp.iso --image-type=iso I end up with the same error - Call to function virStoragePoolDefineXML failed. Any ideas? I'm going to try recopying the iso's to see if that helps. Here's an output of /var/lib/cobbler/config/images.d/01_Windows_Server_2003 (which does show up in the drop down) [root@management images.d]# cat 01_Windows_Server_2003 --- breed: redhat depth: 0 file: '192.168.50.2:/cobblernfs/win2003ent.iso' image_type: iso name: '01_Windows_Server_2003' os_version: '' owners: admin parent: '' virt_bridge: xenbr0 virt_cpus: 1 virt_file_size: 5 virt_path: '' virt_ram: 512 xml_file: '' > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:11:01 -0500 > From: pmyers@redhat.com > To: butlerm1977@hotmail.com > CC: ovirt-devel@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [Ovirt-devel] "Call to function virStoragePoolDefineXML failed" error when trying to boot ISO > > Mike Butler wrote: > > I copied two ISO files into the /cobblernfs directory... > > > > CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso > > win2003ent.iso > > > > After copy I ran as root: > > > > cobbler image add --name=CentOS-5.2 > > --file=/cobblernfs/CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso --image-type=iso > > cobbler image add --name=Windows_Server_2003 > > --file=/cobblernfs/win2003ent.iso --image-type=iso > > > > In the web gui i can now see the new additions in the drop down for > > "Operating System", but when I turn the VM on I never get the ability to > > click over to the Console viewer. After a few seconds it powers itself > > back off. In tasks I get the following... > > > > Action: start_vm > > State: failed > > User: ovirtadmin > > Message: Call to function virStoragePoolDefineXML failed > > > > Any ideas on how to get it to properly boot to one of those ISOs? I > > also tried a "cobbler sync" no workie. Side question.... how can I > > remove a cobbler entry after it's been added to the drop down list? > > There have been other threads on the list about this. Please see: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2009-January/msg00374.html > > which references: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2008-December/msg00234.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/ovirt-devel/2008-December/msg00247.html > https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AllAboutImages > > Thanks, > > Perry <hr />Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. <a href='http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_getmore_092008' target='_new'>Learn Now</a></body> </html>