qemu-kvm Trying to "Write" to a cdrom/sr0 ?? , Why?

[Jim]

On 06/28/2010 04:38 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 16:04 -0400, Jim wrote:
>    
>> On 06/28/2010 03:11 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>      
>>> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 13:59 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> FC13
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Selinux is in "permissive" mode
>>>>
>>>> Why would qemu-kvm try to  "Write" to a cdrom, instead of "Read" ?
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Are you manually using qemu-kvm or via virt-manager?
>>> Assuming the former, what's you qemu-kvm command line?
>>>
>>> - Gilboa
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I was doing a :    # virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n vm10 -r
>> 512 --vcpus=2 -f /vm/vm10.qcow2 -s 12 -c /dev/cdrom --vnc
>> --noautoconsole --os-type windows --os-variant winxp64 --accelerate
>> --network=bridge:br0 --hvm
>>
>> when I got the error.
>>
>>
>>
>> # qemu-kvm
>>
>> gpxe (http://etherboot.org) 00:03.0 C900 PC12.10 PNP BBS PMM 07 E0C10 C900
>>
>> Booting from CDROM...
>> Boot Failed: Could not read from CDROM (code 0003)
>> No bootable device.
>>
>>
>> I guess I'm going to have to make a bootable CD with the Windows files
>> on it.
>>
>> How does one do that ??
>>      
> I'm not I sure understand what you're trying to do.
> Running qemu-kvm without the required parameters (image files, cdrom,
> network devices) will not work.
> Sadly enough, I cannot really help you with virt-manager (you might want
> to ask the good people at fedora-virt). Never the less, calling qemu-kvm
> directly requires a long list of parameters...
>
> - Gilboa
>
>
>    
Thanks for your help.

That is the same answer I get from Fedora virt-tools , it is not a 
virt-tools problem so go to
fedora-list for help.

Boy am I having fun !!!