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Re: qemu/kvm reboot problem



On 5/14/20, Gary L. Roach <garyroach719.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> System: Debian Buster host
>
>                qemu/kvm virtual machine
>
>                CAELinux Guest
>
> I load the software from an .iso file in my Download directory. The
> guest files seem to be loading and working fine until I try to reboot
> the Guest. Then I get the following:
>
> Booting from Hard Disk...
> Boot failed: not a bootable disk
> No bootable device.
>
> If I run fdisk p on the Hard Disk I am using I get:
>
> Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1  *         2048 283117567 283115520  135G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2       283117568 312581807  29464240 14.1G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
>
> The drive is obviously marked as bootable. This drive is an extra one
> that was left over when I put two 1TB drives in the system. I reformated
> the drive , marked it as bootable and added a swap partition before
> loading the qemu/kvm software. Does anyone have an idea as to what I am
> doing wrong? Do you need more information?

Are you sure it's a bootable-device issue?
Maybe a config-issue with the VM?
You could try virt-manager (front-end/GUI) to check if it gives you
some simple info that solve the mystery...
Best luck.


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