How do I extend the virsh/qemu/libvirt Timeout?

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Published on 2009-09-26T17:02:25Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 21:03 UTC
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There's a known issue with starting virtual machines with large hard drive images. Apparently, the time-out is 3 seconds, but in reality, it can take up to 15 seconds for a machine to start. I've read several bug reports, and people confirming it's a time-out problem, but I have yet to see a solution.

Is there an option I can pass, like:

virsh start MyMachine --ignore-timeout

Or a config file that needs changed?

Thanks!

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