[virt-tools-list] Unable to create WinXP/W2K3 image - Disk read error

[kevin gilbert]

I've also had this issue. In my case I got round it by formatting the disk as 
FAT32 and not NTFS.

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:21:32 Laurent Léonard opined:
> Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 02:58:11, David Dick a écrit :
> > I used to be able to create an WinXP or a W2K3 image using virt-manager.
> > 
> >   However, now the installation process goes through to a reboot and
> > 
> > terminates with a message in the virt-manager window saying
> > 
> > --------------------------------
> > 
> > Booting from Hard Disk...
> > 
> > A disk read error occurred
> > Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart
> > 
> > --------------------------------
> > 
> > This failure does not occur when i create a W2K8 image with the same
> > sized disk, and it keeps occurring for WinXP/W2K3 images even if i move
> > the image to a physically different device, so i doubt it's an issue
> > with my hardware.
> 
> It's a qemu(-kvm) 0.12.x issue, should be fixed with the following patch:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-07/msg00152.html
> 
> > The Details tab in virt-manager informs me that the
> > failed image so longer has a CD-ROM drive at all, never mind that the
> > drive should show the location of the install disk.  Can someone provide
> > me with some help to find out whats going wrong?
> 
> It's a virtinst issue, fixed here: http://hg.fedorahosted.org/hg/python-
> virtinst/rev/e5ab15cd4c24