References: bsc#1174176, bsc#1174139 Current libxl does not support adding a floppy. Code is included in this patch anyways to correctly set up a bus if a floppy were added. Index: virt-manager-4.1.0/virtManager/addhardware.py =================================================================== --- virt-manager-4.1.0.orig/virtManager/addhardware.py +++ virt-manager-4.1.0/virtManager/addhardware.py @@ -490,6 +490,9 @@ class vmmAddHardware(vmmGObjectUI): buses = domcaps.devices.disk.get_enum("bus").get_values() else: buses = vmmAddHardware.disk_old_recommended_buses(guest) + # libxl doesn't support floppy but request one from qemu anyways if specified + if guest.conn.is_xen() and devtype == "floppy": + buses.append("fdc") bus_map = { "disk": ["ide", "sata", "scsi", "sd", "usb", "virtio", "xen"], @@ -509,6 +512,7 @@ class vmmAddHardware(vmmGObjectUI): "usb": _("USB"), "virtio": _("VirtIO"), "xen": _("Xen"), + "fdc": _("FDC"), } return bus_mappings.get(bus, bus) @@ -676,8 +680,9 @@ class vmmAddHardware(vmmGObjectUI): "drive-harddisk", _("Disk device")]) target_model.append([DeviceDisk.DEVICE_CDROM, "media-optical", _("CDROM device")]) - target_model.append([DeviceDisk.DEVICE_FLOPPY, - "media-floppy", _("Floppy device")]) + if not self.conn.is_xen(): + target_model.append([DeviceDisk.DEVICE_FLOPPY, + "media-floppy", _("Floppy device")]) if self.conn.is_qemu() or self.conn.is_test(): target_model.append([DeviceDisk.DEVICE_LUN, "drive-harddisk", _("LUN Passthrough")])