On Thursday 10 June 2010 12:31 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > > > Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Thursday 10 June 2010 12:18 AM, Ken Smith wrote: >> >>> Hi all, I've set up FC13 64bit on a machine with an intel i7 and 4G memory >>> >>> I'm trying to get a simple virtualisation to work. I followed the >>> instructions here -> >>> >>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Installing_Windows_XP_as_a_fully_virtualized_guest.html >>> >>> >>> >>> The install of XP runs fine but when it reboots to run the GUI part of >>> the install I get this message in the VM's console:- >>> >>> Booting from Hard Disk: >>> >>> A disk read error occurred >>> Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart >>> >>> >> >> Pick boot from CD and reboot, it will fix itself. I also ran into this >> yesterday. >> >> > I'm installing from an ISO image of the XP install CD. Won't that just > kick off the install from the start over again? > I was installing from a CD, so I went to the hardware details tab and selected the CD ROM drive in boot options as the boot device. I know this sounds stupid, but it worked then. However after your email I tried to check whether it can still boot. (of course after changing the boot device to something appropriate) But its stuck at "Booting from Hard Disk" I will try again when I have some time this weekend. This might also be a valid bug as I got this SElinux error every time I started a VM in virt manager. > > Summary: > > SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/qemu-kvm "write" access on sr0. > I am sorry my response is not very precise. I 'll look into this in more detail when I have more time. > > Ken > GL resolving this -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines