[virt-tools-list] Lilo bootloader succeeds with kvm but not virt-manager

[Daniel Janzon]

Hello,

I installed Linux Suse as a guest in virt-manager/KVM and had trouble to 
install grub. So I used good old Lilo instead. When running Suse in 
virt-manager Lilo fails with

   LILO - Keytable read/checksum error on bootup

When I go

   kvm -m 512 -hda SLES-10.3.img

I get to the Lilo boot menu, I can select linux and it starts up fine. 
Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this? I don't understand what 
difference there is between the two ways to start my machine. Is there 
any way to see how virt-manager invokes kvm?

All the best,
Daniel Janzon

PS. I find nothing strange in the XML file,

<domain type='kvm'>
<name>sles-10.3-64bit-dev</name>
<uuid>605e784f-e301-caea-2707-4bb629de4ea4</uuid>
<memory>524288</memory>
<currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<source file='/root/SLES-10.3.img'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<source file='/root/SLES-10-SP3-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
</disk>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='00:16:36:58:46:3d'/>
<source network='default'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<target port='0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty'>
<target port='0'/>
</console>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
</devices>
</domain>