I read other entries about this subject but none
explain why it is not possible to boot from a floppy
image with XEN even though it is possible to do so
with QEMU.
Under dom0(2.6.21-6.fc7xen) I issue the command:
qemu -boot a -fda <my-floppy-image> -hda
<my-C-disk-image>
and I get to boot from the floppy image, whereas when
I use xen whose config file contains
''file:<my-floppy-image>,ioemu:fda:fda,r''
or
''file:<my-floppy-image>,fda,r''
in the <disk> clause, I get the following message in
the booting window:
Booting from Floppy...
Boot from Floppy failed: could not read the boot
disk
FATAL: No bootable device.
The QEMU monitor shows that, while disk-C image was
taken into consideration as such, the equivalent
<file> command for the floppy disk was completely
ignored.
Furthermore, it expects the floppy media to be present
in the drive, as the following lines from the
monitor''s
<info block> command show:
hda: type=hd removable=0 file=<my-disk-C-image>
ro=0 drv=raw
hdb: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=0 [not
inserted]
fda: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not
inserted]
Can somebody explain whether that behaviour was the
result of a design choice or error?
Let me emphasize the importance to have this feature.
Thanks,
Costa
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