FC13 Virt & Win XP guest

[Ken Smith]

suvayu ali wrote:
> On 11 June 2010 13:02, Ken Smith <kens at kensnet.org> wrote:
>   
>> Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>     
>>> 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"
>>>
>>>       
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
> Since this is reproducible, its definitely a bug. I'll try to file a
> bug report over the weekend. Sometimes bugs can be "unbelievably"
> weird. :-p
>
>   
>> :-) Ken
>>
>>     
>
>   
Indeed - I'll cross post this to virt list :-) Ken

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