xen discuss - Jul 2008 - attaching a dvd to a Vista domU

Hi.

I''m trying to attach a dvd to a Vista domU. Don''t want to boot
off of
it, just want to be able to access the dvd''s contents from the domU.

I''ve been playing around with various things from the man pages 
regarding block-attach, but cannot seem to get this to work.

Here''s the block-list:

# xm block-list vista -l

-snip-
)
(768
    ((backend-id 0)
        (virtual-device 768)
        (device-type cdrom)
        (state 1)
        (backend /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/4/768)
    )
)
-snip-

Help would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

--Robs

Hi,

try ''virsh attach-disk''
man virsh.

2008/7/8, Robert G. Sohigian <robs@sun.com>:
> Hi.
>
>  I''m trying to attach a dvd to a Vista domU. Don''t want
to boot off of
>  it, just want to be able to access the dvd''s contents from the
domU.
>
>  I''ve been playing around with various things from the man pages
>  regarding block-attach, but cannot seem to get this to work.
>
>  Here''s the block-list:
>
>  # xm block-list vista -l
>
>  -snip-
>  )
>  (768
>     ((backend-id 0)
>         (virtual-device 768)
>         (device-type cdrom)
>         (state 1)
>         (backend /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/4/768)
>     )
>  )
>  -snip-
>
>  Help would be most appreciated.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  --Robs
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  xen-discuss mailing list
>  xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
>

-- 
Regards,
Piotr Jasiukajtis | estibi | SCA OS0072
http://estseg.blogspot.com

How to add cdrom:
# virsh attach-disk your-domain /export/sol-nv-b91-x86-dvd.iso 1
--driver file --type cdrom

How to add disk:
# virsh attach-disk your-domain /dev/zvol/dsk/data/domain_disk2 2
--driver phy --type disk


2008/7/8, Robert G. Sohigian <robs@sun.com>:
> I tried that as well. Just cannot figure it out.
>
>  Do you have an example?
>
>  I''ve been googling as well.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  --Robs
>
>
>
>  Piotr Jasiukajtis wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > try ''virsh attach-disk''
> > man virsh.
> >
> > 2008/7/8, Robert G. Sohigian <robs@sun.com>:
> >
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > >  I''m trying to attach a dvd to a Vista domU.
Don''t want to boot off of
> > >  it, just want to be able to access the dvd''s contents
from the domU.
> > >
> > >  I''ve been playing around with various things from the
man pages
> > >  regarding block-attach, but cannot seem to get this to work.
> > >
> > >  Here''s the block-list:
> > >
> > >  # xm block-list vista -l
> > >
> > >  -snip-
> > >  )
> > >  (768
> > >    ((backend-id 0)
> > >        (virtual-device 768)
> > >        (device-type cdrom)
> > >        (state 1)
> > >        (backend /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/4/768)
> > >    )
> > >  )
> > >  -snip-
> > >
> > >  Help would be most appreciated.
> > >
> > >  Thanks,
> > >
> > >  --Robs
> > >
> > >
> > >  _______________________________________________
> > >  xen-discuss mailing list
> > >  xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

-- 
Regards,
Piotr Jasiukajtis | estibi | SCA OS0072
http://estseg.blogspot.com