Yes, I ran glance details which confirms: [root at testbox backup]# glance details WARNING! This tool is deprecated in favor of python-glanceclient (see http://github.com/openstack/python-glanceclient). ================================================================================ URI: http://localhost:9292/v1/images/d9f13323-234a-4068-a6f9-a37001b44f23 Id: d9f13323-234a-4068-a6f9-a37001b44f23 Public: Yes Protected: No Name: cirros-0.3.0-x86_64 Status: active Size: 9761280 Disk format: qcow2 Container format: bare Minimum Ram Required (MB): 0 Minimum Disk Required (GB): 0 Owner: aafb44724cbe404bb6fde6d672d8dd34 Created at: 2013-02-06T18:12:08 Updated at: 2013-02-06T19:01:59 I have had the same exact issue with other images as well. Malek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angelo Olivera" <aolivera at gmail.com> To: openstack at lists.launchpad.net Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:45:28 PM Subject: Re: [Openstack] QEMU-KVM Instance Unable to Boot from Hard Disk On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Malek Mushleh <mmusleh at isi.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I am running into an issue when I try to run an instance of the cirros image as specified here: > > http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/install/yum/content/running-an-instance.html > > I am unable to ping it, and when I connect VNC to the running instance, it shows the following: > > Starting SeaBIOS (version 0.6.0) > > Booting from Hard Disk.... > Boot Failed: could not read the boot disk. What command did you use to upload the cirros image? Did you forget to pass the --disk-format=qcow2 flag? Recommended read: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/glance/formats.html -- Angelo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp