Okay, I've spent the day working with pmatulis on this bug. We've been using the kvm-84 backport candidate from the ~ubuntu-virt PPA.
On Jaunty and Karmic, I'm able to install WindowsXP using virt-manager and libvirt without a problem. On Hardy, I am not able to complete the installation using virt-manager and libvirt. I am able to make it through the first stage of the installer (blue, text screen). However, on reboot, the disk image is not bootable. I get an error stating that "A disk read error occured", and that I need to hit ctrl-alt-delete. However, on Hardy, I am able to install Windows XP without a problem using kvm directly from the command line: $ kvm-image create -f qcow2 xp.img 7G $ kvm -m 512 -hda xp.img -cdrom xp.iso -boot d (first stage of installation, shutdown at reboot) $ kvm -m 512 -hda xp.img -cdrom xp.iso -boot c (finish installation) Thus, I strongly suspect that the bug is in either virt-manager or libvirt in Hardy. :-Dustin -- kvm can not run Windows XP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
