xen discuss - Mar 2008 - Mount a dvd image...?

Hi all,

just wanted to ask if it''s possible to mount a dvd image under a domU
win as a "cd-rom"?
The "usual" notation 
(''file:/export/winxp/winxp.iso,hda:cdrom,r'' becomes
''file:/other/path/whateverDVD.iso,hdf:cdrom,r'') does not seem
to work (in the .py file); when I start the xp domU, it simply ignores it, no
drive is shown.
I tried to mount the same image with lofiadm/mount, and I could browse
it''s contents, so the image file itself seems to be OK.
Are such big (=dvd) images supported by the current version of Xen/xVM?

thanks a lot!

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Hi Attila,

Yes, it is possible to mount a DVD. I believe that xen only supports four 
ATA devices, however - so hdf is out of range. You have hda, hdb, hdc, and 
hdd - try it with one of those.

Attila Nagy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> just wanted to ask if it''s possible to mount a dvd image under a
domU win as a "cd-rom"?
> The "usual" notation 
> (''file:/export/winxp/winxp.iso,hda:cdrom,r'' becomes
''file:/other/path/whateverDVD.iso,hdf:cdrom,r'') does not seem
to work (in the .py file); when I start the xp domU, it simply ignores it, no
drive is shown.
> I tried to mount the same image with lofiadm/mount, and I could browse
it''s contents, so the image file itself seems to be OK.
> Are such big (=dvd) images supported by the current version of Xen/xVM?
> 
> thanks a lot!
> 
> a
>  
>  
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Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | russell.blaine@sun.com

Yess! :)
Thanks for the hint; it was the drive notation that made me fail.
Is this documented somewhere? I might have missed it, but don''t
remember such "restrictions". (I know these aren''t real
restrictions)
Nevertheless, I corrected that, and it works now!

Many thanks!!

A
 
 
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