The key, here, is that seabios is an actively maintained upstream project. Upstream QEMU has pruned the source code from its tree that generates bios.bin (required for QEMU kvm's to run). Upstream's recommendation is to package the separate seabios project, and run-time depend on it.
** Package changed: ubuntu => seabios (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) -- [MIR] seabios https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs