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

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 03.09.2010 00:10, schrieb 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.

I think this is the same problem that Anthony had promised a fix for a
while ago, but nothing has happened yet. I've pinged him on qemu-devel now.

Kevin