Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 DVD writer usage

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

afoo wrote:
> Hey Sadique,
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 6:52 PM, Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > afoo wrote:
> >     
> > > I have a problem trying to get my DVD-RAM writer to work for a particular domU
> > > on my Xen 3.1 system. The domU boots fine, xend.log shows createDevice and
> > > DevController entries for the device and xm list --long shows the device, too,
> > > yet I can not access the device from inside the domU. When I try to
> > > mount it, the
> > > following happens:
> > >
> > > mount: /dev/hdc is not a valid block device
> > >
> > > or a variation thereof, see below.
> > >
> > > I tried several things in the domu.cfg file's disk stanza:
> > >
> > > 'phy:/dev/hda:hda:cdrom,w',
> > > 'phy:hda:sdb,w'
> > >
> > > and I think every combination thereof (like 'phy:/dev/hda:sdb:cdrom,w'
> > >
> > >       
> > Fully virt or paravirt? If fully virt try 'phy:/dev/hda,hdb:cdrom,w'
> >     
> Paravirt. I tried this combination (again) anyway, to no avail.
>   
Then try 'phy:/dev/hda,xvdb:cdrom,w' and mount /dev/xvdb in the guest.

--Sadique
> Cheers,
>
> Jan
>   


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