Nevermind, I found the answer in an older
post.
Here’s the solution, hope it can
help someone else:
This is the config string in the .hvm
config file:
disk = [
'phy:/dev/VG_Guests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w','phy:/dev/cdrom,hdb:cdrom,r' ]
Inside the VM press:
ctrl-alt-2
Type:
help <return>
eject hdb <return>
Now you should be able to eject the cd manually, and put in a different CD, now type:
change hdb /dev/cdrom
press ctrl-alt-1 to get back to the VM gui
The new disk should be mounted.
Does anyone know where there is more
documentation? The documentation seems to be hard to find. I spent
all day looking for this, and the man pages don’t seem to exist in my
build. (ie. #man xm -> documentation not found)
--jman
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Subject: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.3
change cdrom with windows 2003
So I’ve got windows 2003 running on xen 3.0.3.
This is the line in the hvm config file where I set up my
cdrom
disk = [
'phy:/dev/VG_Guests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w','phy:/dev/cdrom,hdb:cdrom,r' ]
Seems to work fine when I have a disk in the cdrom and start
up the VM, but I can’t eject the cdrom, it goes right back in. And
If I do manage to get a different cd in there, the VM does not recognize it and
thinks the cdrom is empty. Dom0 does recognize the new cd I put in.
I need to be able to change cd’s while the VM is running. (I’ve
also tried using phy:/dev/hdc which is the device /dev/cdrom points to and I
get the same results.)
Also if I use an empty cd rom (disk =
[‘,hdb:cdrom,r’]) how do put a cd into the cdrom and mount it while
the VM is running? If you can’t what is the purpose of the empty
cdrom?
Sorry if these are stupid questions, I’m new to xen.
Thanks in advance.
Jman
