KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple. You boot into rescue mode from CDROM and reinstall the boot loader. The problem we're

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Gerry Reno schrieb: Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple. You boot into rescue mode from CDROM and reinstall the boot

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple. You boot into rescue mode from CDROM

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Gerry Reno schrieb: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple. You boot into

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Duffy
Gerry Reno wrote: What is GUI VMM? virt-manager The libvirt mailing list is the right place to get support for virt-manager. To get support for kvm proper here, you'll want to use ps to see the command line with which libvirtd is invoking kvm and provide that. That said, the XML you

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Charles Duffy wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: What is GUI VMM? virt-manager To get support for kvm proper here, you'll want to use ps to see the command line with which libvirtd is invoking kvm and provide that. /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty -boot c -drive

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Duffy
Gerry Reno wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: What is GUI VMM? virt-manager To get support for kvm proper here, you'll want to use ps to see the command line with which libvirtd is invoking kvm and provide that. /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Charles Duffy wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: What is GUI VMM? virt-manager To get support for kvm proper here, you'll want to use ps to see the command line with which libvirtd is invoking kvm and provide that. /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Javier Guerra
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source file=/media/Fedora 10 DVD/ And I check this path and I can read all the files from

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Duffy
Gerry Reno wrote: source file=/media/Fedora 10 DVD/ Well, you're missing a set of opening quotation marks here... and your file doesn't have a .iso extension? That's rather unusual. Anyhow, inasmuch as you're unable to run a define successfully, this is a libvirt usage problem, not a kvm

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Gerry Reno schrieb: disk type='file' device='cdrom' source file='/path/to/your.iso'/ target dev='hdd' bus='ide'/ readonly/ /disk I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source file=/media/Fedora

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source file=/media/Fedora 10 DVD/ And I check this path and I can

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source file=/media/Fedora 10 DVD/ And I check

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source file=/media/Fedora 10

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Gerry Reno schrieb: Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about cannot read image file. source

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Charles Duffy wrote: I put the xml stanza in the file and undefine/define domain but it gives an error about

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Gerry Reno schrieb: What does: md5sum /dev/sr0 output? DVD is Fedora 10 DVD (i386) Four cases: # desktop user; DVD unmounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 md5sum: /dev/sr0: Input/output error # desktop user; DVD mounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 ff311b322c894aabc4361c4e270f5a3f /dev/sr0 Download the iso

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: What does: md5sum /dev/sr0 output? DVD is Fedora 10 DVD (i386) Four cases: # desktop user; DVD unmounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 md5sum: /dev/sr0: Input/output error # desktop user; DVD mounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 ff311b322c894aabc4361c4e270f5a3f

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: What does: md5sum /dev/sr0 output? DVD is Fedora 10 DVD (i386) Four cases: # desktop user; DVD unmounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 md5sum: /dev/sr0: Input/output error # desktop user; DVD mounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Gerry Reno schrieb: What does: md5sum /dev/sr0 output? DVD is Fedora 10 DVD (i386) Four cases: # desktop user; DVD unmounted $ md5sum /dev/sr0 md5sum: /dev/sr0: Input/output error # desktop user; DVD mounted $ md5sum

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Javier Guerra
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Boot Failure Code:  0003 Boot from CDROM failed:  cannot read the boot disk. FATAL: No bootable device. your underlying problem is that you can't get libvirt to generate the appropriate command line. you really should take

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Boot Failure Code: 0003 Boot from CDROM failed: cannot read the boot disk. FATAL: No bootable device. your underlying problem is that you can't get libvirt to generate the appropriate command

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Javier Guerra
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: your underlying problem is that you can't get libvirt to generate the appropriate command line.  you really should take it to the libvirt list Ok, can you give me a command line that will work and

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Javier Guerra
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty -boot d -drive

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: your underlying problem is that you can't get libvirt to generate the appropriate command line. you really should take it to the libvirt list Ok, can you give me a

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty -boot d -drive

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty -boot d -drive

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Gerry Reno
Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Brian Jackson
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:33:41 Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M

Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

2009-03-31 Thread Brian Jackson
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 18:33:41 Gerry Reno wrote: Gerry Reno wrote: Javier Guerra wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno gr...@verizon.net wrote: Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command line errors on F10 like this: # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M