Bug 708887 - qemu-kvm exits with "Too many boot devices for PC" if boot VM by -boot ncad
Summary: qemu-kvm exits with "Too many boot devices for PC" if boot VM by -boot ncad
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kvm
Version: 5.7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Virtualization Maintenance
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-30 03:29 UTC by Chao Yang
Modified: 2011-06-01 22:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-06-01 22:54:54 UTC
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Description Chao Yang 2011-05-30 03:29:37 UTC 
Description of problem:
Launch a guest via -boot ncad, qemu-kvm will exit with "Too many boot devices for PC"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kvm-83-235.el5

How reproducible:
100%

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Additional info:
This issue doesn't happen if boot guest with less than 4 boot devices.
Comment 1 Glauber Costa 2011-06-01 22:54:54 UTC 
Given we're late in the 5.x schedule, I will close this bug - feel free to reopen if you disagree.

I don't think there is a compelling case to raise this limitation.
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