[Bug 607884] Re: 10.04 amd64 libvirt+qemu fails to install Win Server 08 x64 or Win7 x64

[Rohan Nigam]

I have the same problem. I am using virt-install and I get the following
error:


root at ubuntu:~# virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n ubuntu-vm1 -r 2048 --vcpus=4 -f /root/vmimages/kvm1.qcow2 -s 12 --cpuset=4,5,6,7 -c /root/vmimages/ubuntu-10.10-server-amd64.iso --os-type linux --network bridge=virbr0 --accelerate --virt-type kvm --hvm


Starting install...
ERROR    operation failed: failed to retrieve chardev info in qemu with 'info chardev'
Domain installation does not appear to have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start ubuntu-vm1'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
ERROR    operation failed: failed to retrieve chardev info in qemu with 'info chardev'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 1033, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 915, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 957, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst/Guest.py", line 973, in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1038, in _do_install
    "install")
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1009, in _create_guest
    dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1277, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: operation failed: failed to retrieve chardev info in qemu with 'info chardev'


I am also running these on amd 64 - 6100 series opterons. Its a Dell poweredge r715 machine.


** Changed in: libvirt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Incomplete

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Title:
  10.04 amd64 libvirt+qemu fails to install Win Server 08 x64 or Win7
  x64