I'm not shure if it is a bug. Had the same problem on Gentoo. It seems one should use cache=none when using row or host_device on lvm. Setting -drive ...,cache=none before the first stage of windows XP installation solved the problem.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298056 Title: XP fails to install in KVM on a LVM block device -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs