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

From: Javier Guerra <javier@guerrag.com>
To: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KVM-74: HELP PLEASE - cannot boot from cdrom for recovery
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:59:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <90eb1dc70903311559w53a37969n72dfd4adf8631501@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49D29EAB.90801@verizon.net>

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

-- 
Javier