On 06/10/2010 05:24 AM, 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 > SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/qemu-kvm "write" access on sr0. This is a well known bug being caused by qemu trying to check for write access on the cdrom even though it should know it is read only. SELinux is not blocking any access and should not cause you virtual machine any problems in this case. -- 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
