Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery

[Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>]

Gerry Reno wrote:
> Javier Guerra wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net> wrote:
>>  
>>> Ok, I've been working with this for a couple hours but this command 
>>> line
>>> errors on F10 like this:
>>>
>>> # /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 -name MX_3 -monitor pty 
>>> -boot d
>>> -drive 
>>> file=/var/vm/vm1/qemu/images/MX_3/MX_3.img,if=ide,index=0,boot=on
>>> -cdrom /dev/sr0 -net nic,macaddr=00:0c:29:e3:bc:ee,vlan=0 -net
>>> tap,fd=17,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet1 -serial none -parallel none 
>>> -usb -vnc
>>> 127.0.0.1:1 -k en-us
>>> TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: Bad file descriptor
>>> char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
>>>
>>> What does this error mean?
>>>     
>>
>> ah, i didn't notice the "fd=17" in the "-net" parameter.
>>
>> to make it simple, first try with userspace network:
>>
>> qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda /var/vm/vm1/qemu/images/MX_3/MX_3 -cdrom /dev/sr0
>> -boot d -vnc 127.0.0.1
>>
>>
>>   
> Ok, I ran this line:
>
> qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda /var/vm/vm1/qemu/images/MX_3/MX_3.img -cdrom 
> /dev/sr0 -boot d -vnc 127.0.0.1:1
>
> And it started the VM but I cannot connect to it for some reason.
>
> The error:
> $ vncviewer
> Rect too big: 5x3584 at 10,0 exceeds 720x400
>
> Have you ever seen this?
> I don't know what's causing this but it seems like a really weird 
> size.  I'm still working on this error... Is there a way to tell 
> vncviewer to connect anyway?
>
Ok, the third try the window came up.  And it is showing the same 0003 
error as before on the cdrom boot.
I have no clue what is causing this error.  I've turned off selinux, 
I've made sure the disk is in drive and mounted.  There just seems to be 
some access problem to the cdrom device from a root owned process.

Regards,
Gerry