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

[Justin M. Forbes]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 17:05 -0400, sean darcy wrote:
> 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?
> 
If you could file a bug, that would be great.  I am in the process of
updating the F14 qemu package, and would like to get a fix in.

Justin