Yes that solved the issue!
I am now fighting a no keyboard on xp
installer issue, I can not specify the HAL to use as I have no keyboard in
either VNC or SDL so I can not hit F5 or F7.
I am doing a yum update on the OS now to
see if it may correct the problem.
Thank you for your help,
Eli
From: You, Yongkang
[mailto:yongkang.you@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006
10:00 PM
To: Eli
Robinson; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] cd-rom
access, hvm boot, unstable download from 9-7-2006
HVM configuration has been changed.
“cdrom” item is removed and merged into disk item. You can follow
/etc/xen/xmexample.hvm to modify your HVM configuration.
The new cdrom usage should like:
disk = [ 'file:/var/images/install.img,hda,w',
'file:/root/installimages/winxpsp2.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
Best Regards,
Yongkang (Kangkang) 永康
From:
xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eli Robinson
Sent: 2006年9月12日 3:30
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] cd-rom
access, hvm boot, unstable download from 9-7-2006
I grabbed the unstable download from 9-7-2006.
When I go to create a hvm VM, I get a CDROM boot failure
code: 0002 in xm dmesg.
In my configuration file, I have tried the following:
cdrom=/dev/had
cdrom=/root/installimages/winxpsp2.iso
Both without success.
Should I use a syntax like pointing the hard disk to an
image?
IE:
cdrom = [ ‘file:/root/installimages/winxpsp2.iso’]
(this does not work either)
When I issue the xm create winxp.hvm command I get the SDL
window and see a quick screen with a “Q to quit” prompt (too quick to read it
all) then see the bios screen pop up, get a could not read from boot device
error in that screen and it dies.
If anymore information is required please let me know.
The platform is an AM2 4600+ chip riding on an MSI K9N SLI
Platinum with a gig of Corsair Dual channel DDR2 with a WD SATA 160 gig drive.
Running CentOS 4.3 64bit.
Also is it best practice to give guest OS’s individual
partitions or use image files for their operating system? I could see
portability being a huge plus with image files but maybe better performance
from partitions. Has anyone had a chance to play with this using fiber channel
SANs? Is it worth the effort?
Thanks,
Eli
