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 16:27:38 +1000
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Thread-topic:	[Xen-users] Floppy disk in Windows DomU

> > 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?
> 

Fixed it myself. I put a filesystem on the floppy disk and now it boots
just fine. Thanks for the fda= clue :)

James

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