If the phy:\ is removed it won't see it. That is a given, I haven't had
much luck with hooking xen to a physical cdrom device.
How did you copy the WinXP install disk? What messages are you getting,
is it from the Xen BIOS or something else...
I have had no issues installing Windows XP in Xen before... do you mind
posting your entire .hvm file and maybe the specs of your rig?
Thanks,
Tait
-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Just Anidiot
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:07 AM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] WinXP CD-ROM problems
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Tait Clarridge
<Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Just,
>
> You need to change the CDROM part of the disk = to look like
>
> 'file:/opt/xen_stuff/winxp.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'
>
> That should solve your problem, but make sure you remove the
> 'phy:/dev.....' line as well as it will conflict.
>
This didn't solve the problem with WinXP thinking the disk is corrupted.
Also I want WinXP to be able to access both the iso and the real
physical CDROM on the box. If I take out the 2nd CDROM (the one with
phy:/dev...) WinXP doesn't seem to know anything about the physical
one.
What can I do?
Thanks.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Just
Anidiot
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:26 AM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] WinXP CD-ROM problems
>
> I'm running Xen on RHEL5.
>
> I've got two problems with CD-ROMs.
>
> In my .hvm file, I've got the following line:
>
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VG_Guests/WinXP-001,ioemu:hda,w',
> 'file:/opt/xen_stuff/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,w',
> 'phy:/dev/scd0,hdd:cdrom,r' ]
>
> The first CD-ROM, (the one linking to the file winxp.iso), appears
to
> WinXP to be corrupted. I'm able to mount that iso in the main OS so
> I'm thinking this is just some weird Xen/WinXP problem. I'm not sure
> when this started as it is the WinXP Install disk and I don't
normally
> need it. It worked originally when I set this up.
>
> The next and more pressing problem is that when I pop a CD into the
> CD-ROM drive, WinXP 99 times out of 100 doesn't realize a new disk
has
> been inserted and doesn't update the listing. This has made
> installing new software impossible.
>
> Can someone please help?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -J
>
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