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RE: [Xen-users] Floppy disk in Windows DomU

To: "Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Floppy disk in Windows DomU
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 16:24:21 +1000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] Floppy disk in Windows DomU
> 
> > Does anyone know of a way to give DomU a floppy disk of some sort? I
> > need to try and load some drivers at the text mode install step of
> > installing Windows...
> >
> 
> Add fda='/iso/winxp.img' to your domu conf. Then windows has a floppy
:)

Hmmm... I just tried that and now the DomU doesn't boot, the screen just
goes black after the bios finishes... any suggestions?

Thanks

James

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