Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Thursday 10 June 2010 12:31 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > >> Suvayu Ali wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 10 June 2010 12:18 AM, Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, I've set up FC13 64bit on a machine with an intel i7 and 4G memory >>>> >>>> I'm trying to get a simple virtualisation to work. I followed the >>>> instructions here -> >>>> >>>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Installing_Windows_XP_as_a_fully_virtualized_guest.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The install of XP runs fine but when it reboots to run the GUI part of >>>> the install I get this message in the VM's console:- >>>> >>>> Booting from Hard Disk: >>>> >>>> A disk read error occurred >>>> Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Pick boot from CD and reboot, it will fix itself. I also ran into this >>> yesterday. >>> >>> >>> >> I'm installing from an ISO image of the XP install CD. Won't that just >> kick off the install from the start over again? >> >> > > I was installing from a CD, so I went to the hardware details tab and > selected the CD ROM drive in boot options as the boot device. I know > this sounds stupid, but it worked then. However after your email I tried > to check whether it can still boot. (of course after changing the boot > device to something appropriate) But its stuck at "Booting from Hard Disk" > > I will try again when I have some time this weekend. This might also be > a valid bug as I got this SElinux error every time I started a VM in > virt manager. > > >> Summary: >> >> SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/qemu-kvm "write" access on sr0. >> >> > > I am sorry my response is not very precise. I 'll look into this in more > detail when I have more time. > > >> Ken >> >> > > GL resolving this > Despite my doubts I tried the boot from CD option as you suggested. It works. The GUI part of install then concludes. But the virtual machine won't boot if I switch it to boot from hard disk. So I've left it set as boot from CD for the moment and just ignore its "press any key...." prompt. A bit of a kludge but its working. :-) Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
