Re: [Qemu-devel] Boot Failure (CDROM boot failure code : 0004)

[Avi Kivity]

Volkan YAZICI wrote:
>   root:~# /home/windows/qemu/bin/qemu -boot d \
>   > -cdrom /home/windows/windows-server-2003-standard-x86-64-sp2.iso \
>   > -hda /home/windows/disk-qcow-20g.img \
>   > -localtime -m 512 -L /home/windows/qemu/share/qemu
>
> qemu complains that
>
>   QEMU BIOS - build: 02/08/07
>   $Revision: 1.174 $ $Date: 2006/10/17 16:48:05 $
>   Options: apmbios pcibios eltorito rombios32
>
>   ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 Hard-Disk (20480 MBytes)
>   ata1 master: QEMU CD-ROM ATAPI-4 Cd-Rom/Dvd-Rom
>
>   CDROM boot failure code : 0004
>   Boot from Cd-Rom failed
>   FATAL: Could not read the boot disk
>
>   

You need to use qemu-system-x86_64 for 64-bit guests.  However, that 
problem doesn't quite fit the error you get.  Worth trying though.

Is the cd image mountable on the host?

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