use new -boot order syntax, according to the man page,

"Note: The legacy format '-boot drives' is still supported but its
    use is discouraged as it may be removed from future versions."

diff --git a/kvm-manager b/kvm-manager
index 146411bd3c4ab363d449712c18a5acb70e02fed2..2f4ecbae2175b1fe01298ed881caf1f254b84d40 100755 (executable)
--- a/kvm-manager
+++ b/kvm-manager
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ EOF
         -nographic \
         -name "$VMNAME" \
         -m "$RAM" \
-        -boot "$BOOTCHOICE" \
+        -boot order=$BOOTCHOICE \
         -chardev "socket,id=monitor,path=$MONITORNAME,server,nowait" -mon chardev=monitor,mode=readline \
         -rtc base=utc \
         -usb \