Public bug reported: Binary package hint: etherboot
in kvm-pxe (tested with version 5.4.4-1ubuntu1) the rom are located here: /usr/share/kvm/pxe-e1000.bin /usr/share/kvm/pxe-ne2k_pci.bin /usr/share/kvm/pxe-pcnet.bin /usr/share/kvm/pxe-rtl8139.bin /usr/share/kvm/pxe-virtio.bin KVM is looking for those files in /usr/share/qemu: # cd / # /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 256 -smp 1 -name test -uuid 8765045f-966c-64b6-b8ac-eef7890d36fd -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/test.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -boot nc -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on,format=raw -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:36:8f:62,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=e1000.0 -net tap,fd=46,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor TUNSETOFFLOAD ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "pxe-virtio.bin" last line. if I # ln -s /usr/share/kvm/pxe-virtio.bin /usr/share/qemu/pxe-virtio.bin # /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm -m 256 -smp 1 -name test -uuid 8765045f-966c-64b6-b8ac-eef7890d36fd -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/test.monitor,server,nowait -monitor chardev:monitor -boot nc -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img,if=virtio,index=0,boot=on,format=raw -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:36:8f:62,vlan=0,model=virtio,name=e1000.0 -net tap,fd=46,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial chardev:serial0 -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor TUNSETOFFLOAD ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor it work. ** Affects: etherboot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- kvm expect PXE rom to be in /usr/share/qemu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566832 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs