[fedora-virt] F14: XP install fails on KVM

[sean darcy]

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:26 AM, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:09 PM, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 08/30/2010 10:53 PM, sean darcy wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to install XP with virt-manager-0.8.5-1.fc14.noarch. XP
>>>> setup gets to the point of copying the files to the .img. Then I get a
>>>> quick flash that I think says something like VNC lost connection with
>>>> hypervisor.
>>>>
>>>> If I reboot from the disk, I get "Error loading operating system". If
>>>> I reboot from the CD, it tells me the .img file is corrupt and needs
>>>> to be reformatted. Then I'm back to my original problem.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If the VM spontaneously shuts down, something is crashing. Any error
>>> messages in /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$VMNAME.log?
>>>
>>
>> The only messages in /var/log/libvirt/qemu/XP.log that look like errors to me:
>>
>> grep failed XP.log
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>> qemu-kvm: block/raw.c:130: raw_aio_writev: Assertion
>> `qiov->iov[i].iov_len >= 512' failed.
>>
>> sean
>>
>
> Changed format of XP.img to qcow2. Now it works. Looks like a problem
> with raw images.
>
> sean
>

This isn't a virt-manager issue. Should I report the failure with a
raw image to some other list?

sean