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Description of problem: During the installation of a Windows guest by virt-install the first part of installation will proceed without any problem, but the next part of Windows (which requires a reboot) the CDROM will be automatically disconnected. How reproducible: ====================== virt-install --accelerate --hvm --connect qemu:///system --name win2k3-x86_12 --network bridge:virbr0 --file=/dev/sdd3 --cdrom=/kvm-data/WinSvr_2005_R2_ENT_1of2.iso --vnc --ram=1024 How to fix? ================= To proceed with the Windows installation without CDROM disconnecting, is required to to use --os-type windows, like: virt-install --accelerate --hvm --connect qemu:///system --name win2k3-x86_12 --network bridge:virbr0 --file=/dev/sdd3 --cdrom=/kvm-data/WinSvr_2005_R2_ENT_1of2.iso --vnc --ram=1024 --os-type windows Finally can we also, document an optional option as well: --os-variant Further optimize the guest configuration for a specific operating system variant. This parameter is optional. Thanks Douglas