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Re: [Xen-users] Can't write to floppy image (fda)


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  • From: Oskar Senft <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:08:14 +0200
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:09:13 +0000
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xen.org>

Any thoughts on that? Anyone?

Thanks
Oskar.

Am 06.07.2012 19:00, schrieb Oskar Senft:
> Hi
>
> I managed to successfully run a Windows 7 DomU guest. I'm using James
> Harper's GPLPV drivers.
>
> I also managed to attach a floppy disk image to the DomU. It shows up in
> Windows as expected and I can read the files stored on the disk image.
> However, any attempts to write to the disk fail stating that it's write
> protected.
>
> I'm using these two lines in the DomU configuration for the floppy disk
> and the hard disk:
> fda = '/root/xen/floppy'
> disk = [ 'file:/root/xen/win.img,hda,w' ]
>
> Is it expected behavior that I can't write to the floppy? The underlying
> image files for "fda" and "disk" have the same permissions in Dom0, so I
> think I can rule that out as the source of the problem.
>
> Thanks
> Oskar.
>
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