Hello, I''m using fedora 7 with fedora 3.1 and I have no idea how to include a floppy drive to a HVM and boot from there. I tried it with: fda = ''/path/bootnet.img'' and fda =''/dev/fd0'' I switched on the qemu monitor with monitor=1 and switched with Control+Alt+2 to the monitor window. The floppy drive is listeted there, however there is no file assigned to the drive. I don''t no know what is wrong with this assignment. Can someone help me with this problem? Best regards, Andreas _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andreas Hollmann wrote:> Hello, > > I''m using fedora 7 with fedora 3.1 and I have no idea how to include > a floppy drive to a HVM and boot from there. > > I tried it with: > > fda = ''/path/bootnet.img'' > > and > > fda =''/dev/fd0'' > > > I switched on the qemu monitor with monitor=1 and switched with > Control+Alt+2 to the > monitor window. > > The floppy drive is listeted there, however there is no file assigned > to the drive. > > I don''t no know what is wrong with this assignment. > > Can someone help me with this problem? > > Best regards, > AndreasWhy would you want to? Why not use a CD image? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''m testing VxWorks on Xen and to use something other than a floppy drive I have to configure and compile a new VxWorks kernel, so it would be nice if I could use a floppy image inside a HVM.> Andreas Hollmann wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I''m using fedora 7 with fedora 3.1 and I have no idea how to include >> a floppy drive to a HVM and boot from there. >> >> I tried it with: >> >> fda = ''/path/bootnet.img'' >> >> and >> >> fda =''/dev/fd0'' >> >> >> I switched on the qemu monitor with monitor=1 and switched with >> Control+Alt+2 to the >> monitor window. >> >> The floppy drive is listeted there, however there is no file assigned >> to the drive. >> >> I don''t no know what is wrong with this assignment. >> >> Can someone help me with this problem? >> >> Best regards, >> Andreas > Why would you want to? Why not use a CD image?_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andreas Hollmann wrote:> I''m testing VxWorks on Xen and to use something other than a floppy > drive I have to configure and compile a new VxWorks kernel, > so it would be nice if I could use a floppy image inside a HVM. >> Andreas Hollmann wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I''m using fedora 7 with fedora 3.1 and I have no idea how to >>> include a floppy drive to a HVM and boot from there. >>> >>> I tried it with: >>> >>> fda = ''/path/bootnet.img'' >>> >>> and >>> >>> fda =''/dev/fd0'' >>> >>> >>> I switched on the qemu monitor with monitor=1 and switched with >>> Control+Alt+2 to the >>> monitor window. >>> >>> The floppy drive is listeted there, however there is no file >>> assigned to the drive. >>> >>> I don''t no know what is wrong with this assignment. >>> >>> Can someone help me with this problem? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Andreas >> Why would you want to? Why not use a CD image?Interesting. Do you know how to build a new bootable CD image? It''s a bit of a pain in the ass, but it can be done. And why not install a basic kernel first, then upgrade it in the new VM? That''s certainly a common approach for installing new operating systems with upgraded kernels. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> I''m testing VxWorks on Xen and to use something other than a floppy > drive I have to configure and compile a new VxWorks kernel, > so it would be nice if I could use a floppy image inside a HVM.You can put a floppy image onto a CD image easily enough. Make a directory called /tmp/bootable. Copy the floppy image in there and call it boot.img, then make your image with something like ''mkisofs -b boot.img -o /tmp/boot.iso /tmp/bootable''. If your floppy image is exactly 1440KB in size, mkisofs will assume it is a 1.44MB floppy. Whether that works for what you want it to do remains to be seen of course... James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users