From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gerry Reno Subject: Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:08:00 -0400 Message-ID: <49D231D0.3040805@verizon.net> References: <49D22FAF.5060808@verizon.net> <49D23022.5060101@wpkg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:28374 "EHLO vms173005pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755833AbZCaPI3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:08:29 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.100] ([72.91.189.24]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KHD00HCTM1DKD95@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:08:01 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <49D23022.5060101@wpkg.org> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Gerry Reno schrieb: >> Today we upgraded one of our VM's from F9 to F10 and after the first >> reboot we see the dreaded GRUB prompt. This it turns out is a known >> problem with F10 installs. And the recovery is usually very simple. >> You boot into rescue mode from CDROM and reinstall the boot loader. >> The problem we're seeing is that even though I select CDROM from the >> boot menu, it will never boot from the CDROM. It always has an error. > > What error? > Boot Failure Code: 0003 Boot from CDROM failed: cannot read the boot disk. FATAL: No bootable device. The host has only a DVD drive and we are using the DVD F10 install disk. > >> What can we do to get this VM to boot from the CDROM drive so that we >> can install a new bootloader and recover this VM? > > What parameters do you use to start the guest? > > I'm using the GUI VMM and selecting Run on that VM. Regards, Gerry