[Users] Unable to boot from CD-ROM (was: REST API: Change boot device / attach CD-ROM)

[Eli Mesika]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Wall" <fwall at inotronic.de>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:15:57 PM
> Subject: [Users] Unable to boot from CD-ROM (was: REST API: Change boot device / attach CD-ROM)
> 
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 01:05:00PM +0100, Frank Wall wrote:
> > <cdroms>
> >     <cdrom
> >     href="/api/vms/VM-ID/cdroms/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
> >     id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
> >         <vm href="/api/vms/VM-ID" id="VM-ID"/>
> >         <file id="FreeBSD-8.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso"/>
> >     </cdrom>
> > </cdroms>
> > 
> > ...and the boot device is also changed...
> > 
> >     [...]
> >     <os type="unassigned">
> >         <boot dev="cdrom"/>
> >     </os>
> >     [...]
> > 
> > ...but the VM won't boot off the CD-ROM device, instead it just
> > boots from the first harddisk. So what am I doing wrong?
> 
> OK, the problem is still NOT solved, but I did some further
> investigation. First, the problem ONLY affects VMs with a bootable
> harddisk (and an operating system installed).
> A newly created VM is NOT affected and is able to boot from CD-ROM.
> Once I install an operating system, the VM will no longer be able
> to boot from CD-ROM. No matter what is configured as boot device...
> 
> There is still only the following workaround to boot from CD-ROM:
> 
> > The only way I am able to boot from CD-ROM is when using the
> > "Run once" function on the Admin Portal and configure the CD-ROM
> > device/image there (temporarely overwriting my config).
> > 
> > It will NOT work if I configure the CD-ROM device through the REST
> > API or the Admin Portal. Just "Run Once" will do the right thing.
> 
> 
> Any idea how to debug this further and get a bugfix/working solution?
> 
> oVirt is running fine, except this annoying bug makes it somewhat
> useless for us.

Hi Frank
It seems to me as a bug
can you please open a BZ on that with engine + vdsm logs attached.
Thanks


> 
> 
> Thanks
> - Frank
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