qemu-system-x86_64: Initialization of device ide-hd failed: Failed to get
You start a qemu like this and another VM already started with the same .iso
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -cdrom some.iso
But you get this error:
qemu-system-x86_64: Initialization of device ide-hd failed: Failed to get "write" lock
Is another process using the image [some.iso]?
It's odd because the -cdrom by default is read-only and qemu should not want or care about getting write lock on the .iso.
What causes this lock issue with an iso?
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 some.iso
Note that the .iso above was used, it will work and boot but it was passed to QEMU the same way as a normal disk image, so therefore it puts a write lock on it, even though it doesn't need to be.
Solution Use The ISO as a -cdrom
Make sure that you use -cdrom and then you can start unlimited amounts of VMs using that image.
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -cdrom some.iso
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