Hi, I''m running Xen 3.2 with the ultimate end goal of having a full screen install of Rhapsody DR2 running under it since the actual native hardware my computer has is not supported by Rhapsody. As part of this I need to get my xen config to properly setup the floppy drive in the domU and then, at least for now so that the install process can begin, boot from the floppy drive. I realize that I could probably accomplish this better by imaging the install floppies but I''d prefer to have access to the floppy drive for other uses even after install as well and would rather not have to image every floppy I want to use. I also am trying to get a cdrom drive setup in the domU as well as a hard drive which uses a 2GB raw image. Unfortunately currently all that happens when I start my domU using my config is that xen ends up "Waiting for devices to initialize" and then kernel panicing because it can''t find anything to mount, even when a floppy is in the floppy drive. I suspect that one or more config parameters are incorrect, in particular I''d appreciate knowing what the valid values are for the boot parameter as Google has not been able to yield me any solid results. My config follows below, please let me know what I''ve done wrong and what needs to be what in order for me to be able to accomplish my aforementioned goal. Thanks! ---CONFIG--- kernel=''/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xenU'' memory=128 name=''rhapsody'' disk=[''tap:aio:/root/rhapsody,hdc1,w''] cdrom=''/dev/cdrom'' floppy=''/dev/fd0'' dhcp="dhcp" vif=[''mac=00:16:3e:00:00:10, bridge=eth1''] boot=''a'' -- Best Regards, John Musbach _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Apr-11 04:02 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Boot a domU from floppy (not working)
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:05 AM, John Musbach <johnmusbach1@gmail.com> wrote:> ---CONFIG--- > kernel=''/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xenU''That line is only valid for PV domU, and booting from floppy is not possible on PV domU. Try HVM domU. Some info that might be useful: - /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm - run "xm create --help_config" (look for fd) - see http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2007-01/msg01147.html and http://markmail.org/message/2shfnwxctn5vimxz _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users