Virtual Machine (libvirt) +WinXP

[raymims]

Running Fedora 16/64 bit. After installing WinXP under Virtual Machine (libvirt), if I shut down WinXp (via WinXP), restarting the WinXP VM always requires the install CD.

How can I prevent this and force the VM to boot from its own disk?

Yes, I know, Google is my friend, as are these forums, but I have yet to find any post that is similar.

On another note, is there a Fedora 16 Virtualization Guide like the Fedora 13 Virtualization Guide? Can't find it, either. I would even settle for a Fedora 17 Virtualization Guide.

Thanks,
Ray

[Doug G]

One guess, in virt-manager make sure the cdrom device isn't tied to an .iso file. Also make sure the VM isn't configured to boot from CD on startup, there's a setting to boot from CD, I think in the boot section in virt-manager.