[PLUG] Installing Guest OS in qemu-kvm

MJang mike at linuxexam.com
Thu Apr 19 22:54:12 UTC 2012


On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 14:51 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I built and installed qemu-kvm from the Slackbuilds.org script and loaded
> the kvm-intel module on my Dell Latitude laptop. I bought a Dell
> re-installation disk of Win7/home to use as the guest OS, being told by the
> seller that it works on all systems. (Since I know nothing about Microsoft's
> stuff I took his word for it.)
> 
>    With the disk in the Dell laptop's optical drive I invoke qemu-kvm and am
> told that 'boot failed: could not read from CDROM (code 0003)'.

Rich, 

When I configure KVM (on RHEL 6) I usually set up an ISO file for the
CD. If you have the Virtual Machine Manager set up, it's elementary to
point to the ISO file from the Console | Details view. Otherwise, I
think there's a virsh command that points a VM to an ISO file, don't
remember what it is off hand.

(I've had trouble in the past with my older Dell laptop w/r/t detecting
inserted CDs.)

Thanks,
Mike





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