Re: [Xen-users] empty CDROM

[Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 10 July 2010 12:28:04 James Harper wrote:
> Is there a way I can configure a DomU with an empty CDROM? Using
> /dev/null or just leaving it blank doesn't seem to work. The best I can
> come up with is an empty iso (mkisofs with an empty directory) and use
> that by default until I block-reconfigure a real image into its place.
> Leaving the cdrom off altogether and using block-attach doesn't work as
> Windows doesn't pick it up. It used to work with GPLPV but I don't
> install a PV driver for the CDROM anymore so that eject etc works on a
> real CDROM drive.
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
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There's software for Windows that makes Windows think an ISO is a CD. Maybe 
that might help you?

B.

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