Re: [Xen-users] No cdrom in windows 2003 HVM guest

[Jaroslaw Zdrzalek <jz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Montag 06 November 2006 18:18 schrieb Adam Crews -X (acrews - Xerox at 
Cisco):
> Hello,
> 
> I have a win2003 HVM guest running, however I cannot see a CDROM device
> from the windows machine.
> 
> I have 'cdrom=/path_to_my_iso' in the config file, and this worked fine
> for the initial OS install. Now there is no CD device that shows in the
> windows device manager.
> 
> So, how do I get a CD device to show in win2003?
> 
> I'm using xen 3.0.3 compiles from source.

I wonder it worked.
Since 3.0.3 or so there is a new syntax for the cdrom device, like this:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sda,ioemu:hda,w', 'phy:/dev/scd0,hdb:cdrom,r' ]

With this settings I have access to the CDROM from windows.

> 
> Thanks
> -Adam
> 
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cheers
Jaroslaw

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