Re: [fedora-virt] problems with customization before install and floppy

[Cole Robinson]

On 02/22/2010 05:39 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
>  Hello,
>  I have F12 x86_64 and I'm using rawvirt fedora-virt-preview repo.
>  
>  Downloaded F13 Alpha TC2 + updates.img floppy
>  I create a vm and I select customize before install.
>  I add a floppy drive as storage, pointing to the floppy img.
>  I click on finish installing virtual hw window and I come back at the
>  vm details window
>  Then I check the top-left V to confirm creation: BTW not so intuitive
>  in my opinion.....
>  I think it would be better to have an "OK" button as usual at bottom-right.
>  Anyway when I click the V I get this:
>  Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal
>  error unable to start guest: can't parse:
>  "isa-fdc,driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0"
>  
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1502, in
> do_install
>      dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 795,
>  in start_install
>      return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 896,
>  in _do_install
>      self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1098, in
>  createLinux
>      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
>  conn=self)
>  libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: can't parse:
>  "isa-fdc,driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0"
>  
>  '
>  After the error I'm put back where if I click "finish" again, I have
>  again the option to customize.
>  If I customize again, I again get the error.
>  If I don't customize and click directly the big V to confirm vm
>  creation, I'm put in boot phase correctly.
>  Now with the vm on, if I add the floppy again I'm told that it will be
>  effective next reboot --> ok.
>  I force off vm and configure to boot from dvd.
>  When it starts it gives this error:
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 589, in
> run_domain
>      vm.startup()
>    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1208, in startup
>      self._backend.create()
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 300, in create
>      if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
>  libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: can't parse:
>  "isa-fdc,driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0"
>  
>  Any problems with floppy in general?
>   
Yes, this is a libvirt issue with floppy devices now fixed upstream:

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=9f013d5779610dc6d990b074...

I new release is coming within a week AFAIK, so this will be fixed
fairly soon.

- Cole