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Re: [Xen-users] Is it Possible to use ISO Image to Boot HVM DomU?


  • To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Jaroslaw Zdrzalek <jz@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:40:41 +0100
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:18:27 -0800
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

Am Dienstag 12 Dezember 2006 15:04 schrieb Henning Sprang:
> On 12/12/06, Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> > Stupid question:
> > Where is the definitive reference (besides the python source,
> > maybe, for this syntax. I found a "cdrom=" in some example file, and I'm 
> > wondering
> > why "ioemu:hda,w", but "hdc:cdrom,r"...

according to this post:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2006-08/msg00369.html
the syntax for the hvm config file has changed since 3.0.3.
ioemu becomes obsolete, it is ignored by the parser...

> 
> I guess there's nothing better than the source in this case (but I am
> not sure if even this gives you a fast and easy answer here). There is
> the user manual, and "man xmdomain.cfg", and the example files that
> come with the xen packages. But they seem all be incomplete, and not
> to answer your question.
> Maybe there's a release announcement that tells more about the
> changes, or the developers can answer this.
> 
> The cdrom= syntax has changed in 3.0.3 example files to the above (see
> also hvmexample cofig file), but I haven't played that much with 3.0.3
> and hvm to know if cdrom= is completely obsolete now.
> 
> Henning
> 
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cheers
Jaroslaw

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