Is there a way I can configure a DomU with an empty CDROM? Using /dev/null or just leaving it blank doesn''t seem to work. The best I can come up with is an empty iso (mkisofs with an empty directory) and use that by default until I block-reconfigure a real image into its place. Leaving the cdrom off altogether and using block-attach doesn''t work as Windows doesn''t pick it up. It used to work with GPLPV but I don''t install a PV driver for the CDROM anymore so that eject etc works on a real CDROM drive. Any other suggestions? Thanks James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Saturday 10 July 2010 12:28:04 James Harper wrote:> Is there a way I can configure a DomU with an empty CDROM? Using > /dev/null or just leaving it blank doesn''t seem to work. The best I can > come up with is an empty iso (mkisofs with an empty directory) and use > that by default until I block-reconfigure a real image into its place. > Leaving the cdrom off altogether and using block-attach doesn''t work as > Windows doesn''t pick it up. It used to work with GPLPV but I don''t > install a PV driver for the CDROM anymore so that eject etc works on a > real CDROM drive. > > Any other suggestions? > > Thanks > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >There''s software for Windows that makes Windows think an ISO is a CD. Maybe that might help you? B. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Why not just give the domu a default iso to use and when you want to change the iso use the xm block-reconfigure. James Harper wrote:> > Is there a way I can configure a DomU with an empty CDROM? Using > /dev/null or just leaving it blank doesn''t seem to work. The best I can > come up with is an empty iso (mkisofs with an empty directory) and use > that by default until I block-reconfigure a real image into its place. > Leaving the cdrom off altogether and using block-attach doesn''t work as > Windows doesn''t pick it up. It used to work with GPLPV but I don''t > install a PV driver for the CDROM anymore so that eject etc works on a > real CDROM drive. > > Any other suggestions? > > Thanks > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/empty-CDROM-tp29125267p29127600.html Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users