[Bug 348633] Re: Fails to boot from CD after reboot: CDROM boot failure code: 0003

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:46:49AM -0000, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> Matt, Evan-
> 
> >From the kvm(1) manpage, I think the option you want is:
>   # boot from CD-ROM first, switch back to default order after reboot
>   -boot once=d
> 
> Can you give that a try and see if that gives you the behavior you
> expect?
> 
> I tested here with a real, working disk image, and a live ISO.
> 
> Using:
>  * /usr/bin/kvm -m 512 -cdrom ../iso/karmic-desktop-amd64.iso -hda karmic-server.img -boot once=d
> 
> I booted to the LiveCD desktop first, then used the graphical Restart
> option, and rebooted directly to my server.img disk.

I don't understand why this option should be necessary.  Following the
steps in my original report, I would expect one of two things to happen:

 * The CD-ROM boot fails (because the disc is "ejected") and it falls back
   to booting from the hard disc

 * The CD-ROM boot succeeds (because the "tray closes") and I can boot from
   the hard disc by selecting the appropriate option from the menu

Scott's comment #12 explains the difference pretty clearly.  I should be
able to repeat this process as many times as I like without restarting KVM.

Instead, I get:

 * System fails to boot from the CD, and so halts and needs to be restarted
   with different command-line options

The workaroud you've suggested would largely satisfy my needs for Ubuntu
testing, but I don't understand why it shouldn't just work intuitively as
described above.

-- 
 - mdz

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Fails to boot from CD after reboot: CDROM boot failure code: 0003
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348633
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