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 PROTECTED]> 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 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > 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. > -- Virtual Machine CD-ROM disappears on its own - kvm virt-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
