Comment 10 for bug 719448

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Deric Sullivan (deric-sullivan) wrote : Re: [Bug 719448] Re: The "once" parameter does not work with "-boot"

Thanks, that fixed the problem. Will that fix make it into "lucid-updates"?

Deric

On 02/17/11 18:40, Deric Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Serge,
>
> Thanks for looking into this.
>
> I am using amd64 so I'll try out the fix.
> Using "once" did not work for me even if there wasn't a valid OS
> on the hard drive.
> I'm OK with an importance of "low", I was using the workaround of
> simply stopping the qemu-kvm after the first boot of "-boot order=n"
> and starting it again with "-boot order=c". I'll check out your
> workaround of "-boot priority=cn" although I was not even aware of the
> "priority" parameter - I don't see it in the man page.
>
> Thanks,
> Deric
>
> On 02/17/11 18:01, Serge Hallyn wrote:
>> With the tree at
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/ubuntu/lucid/qemu-kvm/fix-boot-once/
>>
>>
>> 'boot once=d' works correctly for me. The package is building at ppa
>> :serge-hallyn/virt.
>>
>> I'm pushing the amd64 debs to the bug here. If you're on amd64, please
>> test and let me know if they also work for you.
>>
>> ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)
>> Status: Confirmed => In Progress
>>
>> ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)
>> Assignee: (unassigned) => Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)
>>