> Hi All,
>
> Has anyone worked out a way of accessing a CDROM from a Windows guest
while
> using the GPLPV drivers?
>
> I don't really mind whether access is mapped to the physical device or
an ISO
> image, as long as I can change the media without having to reboot the
domU.
>
> My configuration:
>
> dom0 = CentOS 5.3, Xen 3.3.1
> domU = Windows Server 2008 64-bit, GPLPV version 0.10.0.69
>
> Tried the following disk specs in the domU config - with the same
result:
>
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/cciss/c0d0p3,xvda,w', 'phy:/dev/hda,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/cciss/c0d0p3,xvda,w',
'file:/iso/cdrom.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>
> What I can see under Windows is
>
> * a yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager on device "Intel 82371SB
PCI Bus
> Master IDE Controller"
>
> * two devices "Xen Block Device Driver" under Storage Controllers
>
> * no sign of a CDROM drive in either Explorer or Disk Management
>
Can you upgrade to 3.4.1? All of these problems are solved there.
James
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