References: bsc#989639 When the device added is a cdrom device (/dev/sr0), don't use "phy" as the driver name but instead use "qemu". Index: virt-manager-1.5.0/virtinst/devicedisk.py =================================================================== --- virt-manager-1.5.0.orig/virtinst/devicedisk.py +++ virt-manager-1.5.0/virtinst/devicedisk.py @@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice): # Recommended xen defaults from here: # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171550#c9 # If type block, use name=phy. Otherwise do the same as qemu - if self.conn.is_xen() and self.type == self.TYPE_BLOCK: + if self.conn.is_xen() and self.type == self.TYPE_BLOCK and not \ + self.is_cdrom(): return self.DRIVER_NAME_PHY if self.conn.check_support( self.conn.SUPPORT_CONN_DISK_DRIVER_NAME_QEMU):