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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Hi,All</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I've solve this problem by doing a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>chcon --reference=/var/lib/libvirt/images /vm </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>this solve selinux block kvm from accessing disk image outside of
/var/lib/libvirt/images</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2>2009-12-09 </FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2><SPAN>rewing</SPAN> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>发件人：</STRONG> centos-virt-request
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>发送时间：</STRONG> 2009-12-09 00:57:19
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>收件人：</STRONG> centos-virt </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>主题：</STRONG> CentOS-virt Digest, Vol 28,
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<DIV> 1. virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest (rewing)</DIV>
<DIV> 2. Re: virt-install failed while install windows2003
guest</DIV>
<DIV> (Markus Falb)</DIV>
<DIV> 3. Re: virt-install failed while install windows2003 guest</DIV>
<DIV> (Tait Clarridge)</DIV>
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<DIV>Message: 1</DIV>
<DIV>Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:58:56 +0800</DIV>
<DIV>From: "rewing" <rewing@howfortune.com></DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install windows2003</DIV>
<DIV>guest</DIV>
<DIV>To: "centos-virt" <centos-virt@centos.org></DIV>
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<DIV>Here's the procedure:</DIV>
<DIV># qemu-img -f qcow2 /vm/win2k3.img 8G</DIV>
<DIV># virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win2k3 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -c /home/temp/win2003sp2ins.iso -f /vm/win2k3.img -s 4</DIV>
<DIV>--network=bridge:br0 --mac=00:ff:ff:ff:58:58 --noautoconsole --vnc --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --accelerate</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>And I get error as below:</DIV>
<DIV>Starting install...</DIV>
<DIV>internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img</DIV>
<DIV>Domain installation may not have been</DIV>
<DIV> successful. If it was, you can restart your domain</DIV>
<DIV> by running 'virsh start win2k3'; otherwise, please</DIV>
<DIV> restart your installation.</DIV>
<DIV>ERROR internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img</DIV>
<DIV>Traceback (most recent call last):</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 861, in ?</DIV>
<DIV> main()</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 759, in main</DIV>
<DIV> start_time, guest.start_install)</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 814, in do_install</DIV>
<DIV> dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541, in start_install</DIV>
<DIV> return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633, in _do_install</DIV>
<DIV> self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)</DIV>
<DIV> File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in createLinux</DIV>
<DIV> if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)</DIV>
<DIV>libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img</DIV>
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<DIV>any idea?</DIV>
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<DIV>2009-12-08 </DIV>
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<DIV>rewing </DIV>
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<DIV>Message: 2</DIV>
<DIV>Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:41:34 +0100</DIV>
<DIV>From: Markus Falb <markus.falb@fasel.at></DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install</DIV>
<DIV>windows2003 guest</DIV>
<DIV>To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS</DIV>
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<DIV>On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not </DIV>
<DIV>> open disk image /vm/win2k3.img</DIV>
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<DIV>Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images </DIV>
<DIV>is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default.</DIV>
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<DIV>Message: 3</DIV>
<DIV>Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:11:02 -0500</DIV>
<DIV>From: Tait Clarridge <tait@clarridge.ca></DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [CentOS-virt] virt-install failed while install</DIV>
<DIV>windows2003 guest</DIV>
<DIV>To: Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS</DIV>
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<DIV>On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:41 +0100, Markus Falb wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>> On 8 Dec 2009, at 09:58, rewing wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> > libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest: qemu: could not open disk image /vm/win2k3.img</DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>> </DIV>
<DIV>> Do you have selinux enabled ? As far as I know the location for images</DIV>
<DIV>> is restricted to /var/lib/libvirt/images by default.</DIV>
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<DIV>Or does the actual disk image exist at /vm/win2k3.img with r/w access to</DIV>
<DIV>whoever is running the virt-install command?</DIV>
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<DIV>Does the /vm directory exist and does the user have permissions to</DIV>
<DIV>access it?</DIV>
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