Xen users - May 2007 - Changing the CD image on a running domain.

I''m just installing Windows Small Business Server under Xen, and
it''s
asking me for the second CD... I can just put it on a network somewhere
but is it possible to change the current CD image on a running domain?

Thanks

James


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Okay... figured it out. For the benefit of anyone else:

''xm block-list <domain>'' will tell you the device number
of the devices
in the system (the first number is the one you want).

''xm block-detach <domain> <device number>'' will
detach the device from
the system. I had to add ''-f'' to the end to force the case.

''xm block-attach <domain> <backend device spec>
<frontend device spec>
r'' will add a cdrom back in, eg:

''xm block-attach cromac
file:/installmedia/Microsoft/SBS2K3R2_x32_2_std.iso 1600 r''

added the device back in. 1600 is hex for 5632 which is what ''xm
block-list'' gave me. Not sure why block-attach has to be specified in
hex but block-list gives you decimal and block-detach accepts decimal.

Under windows I had to right click on the drive and select
''eject'' a few
times, and then wait a bit for it to acknowledge the new cdrom image.
Not sure I''d be comfortable doing it on a writable filesystem.

If there''s a better way to do it, please let me know!!!

James
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> 
> I''m just installing Windows Small Business Server under Xen, and
it''s
> asking me for the second CD... I can just put it on a network
somewhere
> but is it possible to change the current CD image on a running domain?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> 
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I don''t know if this is possible in recent HVM builds, but You could
give it a try and use the same shortcuts as in qemu.
So ctrl-alt-1 and ctrl-alt-2 toggle between your guest and a minimal
cli.
you''ll probably use
eject cdrom
change cdrom someother.iso



James Harper schrieb:
> I''m just installing Windows Small Business Server under Xen, and
it''s
> asking me for the second CD... I can just put it on a network somewhere
> but is it possible to change the current CD image on a running domain?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> 
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> 
> I don''t know if this is possible in recent HVM builds, but You
could
> give it a try and use the same shortcuts as in qemu.
> So ctrl-alt-1 and ctrl-alt-2 toggle between your guest and a minimal
> cli.
> you''ll probably use
> eject cdrom
> change cdrom someother.iso
> 
Nice... I''ll give that a go once it has finished with the current CD
(probably tomorrow... I need some sleep now!). Much nicer than the way I
ended up doing the first CD!

Thanks

James

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> >
> > I don''t know if this is possible in recent HVM builds, but
You could
> > give it a try and use the same shortcuts as in qemu.
> > So ctrl-alt-1 and ctrl-alt-2 toggle between your guest and a minimal
> > cli.
> > you''ll probably use
> > eject cdrom
> > change cdrom someother.iso
> >
> 
> Nice... I''ll give that a go once it has finished with the current
CD
> (probably tomorrow... I need some sleep now!). Much nicer than the way
I
> ended up doing the first CD!
> 
Yep. That worked. I had to right click on the CD drive under Windows and
do eject before Windows would acknowledge that the media had changed
though.

Thanks again.

James


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