Re: [Xen-devel] disk=['file://..xvda'] not working for boot disks anymore?

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/22/2016 03:54 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Hey,
>
> This parameter
> disk = 
> ['file:/root/sol.dd,xvda,w','file:/root/sol-11_2_15_5_1-text-x86.iso,xvdb:cdrom,r']
>
> works with qemu-traditional, but if I try with qemu-xen it
> does not find the disk:
>
> (d15) [2016-01-22 20:50:03] enter handle_19:
> (d15) [2016-01-22 20:50:03]   NULL
> (d15) [2016-01-22 20:50:03] Booting from ROM...
> (d15) [2016-01-22 20:50:03] Booting from c980:0361
>
> while with qemu-traditional:
>
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] Bochs BIOS - build: 06/23/99
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] $Revision: 1.221 $ $Date: 2008/12/07 17:32:29 $
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] Options: apmbios pcibios eltorito PMM
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15]
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 Hard-Disk (12288 
> MBytes)
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15]
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15]
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15]
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] Press F12 for boot menu.
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15]
> (d14) [2016-01-22 20:43:15] Booting from Hard Disk...
>
> It does work with Xen 4.4, but that is ancient. I hadn't yet
> tried Xen 4.5 nor 4.6.
>
> I am hoping one of you knows exactly which commit might have made
> this change?
>
> Note that the name is 'xvda', not 'hda'. Thanks!
Probably this one:

http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-10/msg01529.html


-boris

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