[Bug 472485] [NEW] kvm-pxe boot roms can not be found

[Markus Wigge]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kvm-pxe

The pxe rom-files shipped in kvm-pxe are located in /usr/share/kvm where
they are not found by libvirt resulting in the following error:

~$ virsh start pxetest
Connecting to uri: qemu:///system
Fehler: Domain pxetest konnte nicht gestartet werden
Fehler: internal error unable to start guest: char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
Could not load option rom 'pxe-e1000.bin'

A solution to this are symlinks to /usr/share/qemu like this:
# ll /usr/share/qemu
insgesamt 212
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131072 2009-10-19 15:19 bios.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   1536 2009-10-19 15:19 extboot.bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2009-10-30 11:21 keymaps
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 2009-11-03 10:45 pxe-e1000.bin -> ../kvm/pxe-e1000.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     23 2009-11-03 10:55 pxe-ne2k_pci.bin -> ../kvm/pxe-ne2k_pci.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 2009-11-03 10:55 pxe-pcnet.bin -> ../kvm/pxe-pcnet.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     22 2009-11-03 10:55 pxe-rtl8139.bin -> ../kvm/pxe-rtl8139.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 2009-11-03 10:55 pxe-virtio.bin -> ../kvm/pxe-virtio.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  39936 2009-10-19 15:19 vgabios.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35840 2009-10-19 15:19 vgabios-cirrus.bin

afterwards the virtual machine can be started without an error.

** Affects: etherboot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: etherboot kvm pxe rom

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