It seems the RIP is caused by a bug in the recent kvm release. In this case, kvm-72. I've put a fixed hardy kvm-72 in my PPA for anyone that wants it.
It is documented with a work-around/fix at: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/20012/focus=20235 which is a simple patch to ensure 64-bit registers are saved for SYSENTERs: diff --git a/qemu/target-i386/cpu.h b/qemu/target-i386/cpu.h index 7e95900..61c39d4 100644 --- a/qemu/target-i386/cpu.h +++ b/qemu/target-i386/cpu.h @@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State { /* sysenter registers */ uint32_t sysenter_cs; - uint32_t sysenter_esp; - uint32_t sysenter_eip; + uint64_t sysenter_esp; + uint64_t sysenter_eip; uint64_t efer; uint64_t star; ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Hardy installer in VM fails with fatal grub error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256416 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