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Description of problem: kvm guest failed to boot from boot-loader image in bootable floppy format Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.4.el6.noarch.rpm 2.6.32-99.el6.x86_64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.144.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.4.el6.noarch.rpm 2. start guest from gpxe bootable imagefloppy by: # /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M rhel6.1.0 -enable-kvm -m 2G -smp 2 -uuid `uuidgen` -rtc base=localtime -drive file=/root/rhel6-64-virtio.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=virtio-drive-0,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=virtio-drive-0,id=virtio-0 -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -monitor stdio -netdev tap,id=hostnet0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=20:20:20:51:29:61 -fda /usr/share/gpxe/gpxe.dsk -boot a -vnc :10 3. Actual results: guest succeeds to boot from gpxe Expected results: guest stuck at " Loading ROM image.............." screen shot will be attached. Additional info: after several hours, got kvm internal error: (qemu) KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 rax 0000000024548e47 rbx 00000000000605c0 rcx 00000000000b921c rdx 0000000000055dd0 rsi 000000000005fbc0 rdi 00000000000b92c0 rsp 00000000000b9250 rbp 00000000000099db r8 0000000000000000 r9 0000000000000000 r10 0000000000000000 r11 0000000000000000 r12 0000000000000000 r13 0000000000000000 r14 0000000000000000 r15 0000000000000000 rip 00000000c4e0006f rflags 00000006 cs 0008 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type b l 0 g 1 avl 0) ds 0010 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 1 avl 0) es 0010 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 1 avl 0) ss 0010 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 1 avl 0) fs 0010 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 1 avl 0) gs 0010 (7fe46d40/ffffffff p 1 dpl 0 db 1 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 1 avl 0) tr 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type b l 0 g 0 avl 0) ldt 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type 2 l 0 g 0 avl 0) gdt 99ea0/37 idt 0/ffff cr0 11 cr2 0 cr3 0 cr4 0 cr8 0 efer 0 emulation failure, check dmesg for details
Created attachment 478342 [details] kvm guest boot stuck at "Loading ROM image....."
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.7.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-2.6.32-117.el6.x86_64 Tried on WDS server with the steps in comment #0. Actual Results: guest stuck at " Loading ROM image.............."