Hi,
Is it possible add a floppy image to a paravirtualized domain?
I have the following lines in the config file:
<devices>
<disk type=''file'' device=''disk''>
<driver name=''tap'' type=''aio''/>
<source file=''/var/lib/xen/images/proba1.img''/>
<target dev=''xvda''/>
</disk>
<disk type=''file'' device=''floppy''>
<source file=''/var/lib/xen/images/floppy.img''/>
<target dev=''fda''/>
</disk>
the domain starts up, but cannot see the floppy image.
# dmesg | grep -i flo
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is unknown type 15 (usb?), fd1 is unknown type 15
(usb?)
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
I''m using centos 5.3. A similar configuration configuration works for
a
fully-virtualized domain.
Where should I look for more information?
Thank you!
Laszlo
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> Hi, > > Is it possible add a floppy image to a paravirtualized domain?Depending on what you want to do with it, a file: based block device with a floppy disk sized image (eg 1440k) may suffice. Otherwise, no, I don''t think it''s supported. I can''t imagine that the ''market'' for such a feature would be that great :) James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper wrote:>> Hi, >> >> Is it possible add a floppy image to a paravirtualized domain? >> > > Depending on what you want to do with it, a file: based block device > with a floppy disk sized image (eg 1440k) may suffice. Otherwise, no, I > don''t think it''s supported. I can''t imagine that the ''market'' for such a > feature would be that great :) >I you did check my previous post, a file based block device was what I was trying to do. But for the paravirtualized domain did not work. I''m curious to know why. It is not possible, or I''ve made mistakes in the config file? Thank you, Laszlo _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Laszlo Budai <laszlo@budai.ro> wrote:> James Harper wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is it possible add a floppy image to a paravirtualized domain? >>> >> >> Depending on what you want to do with it, a file: based block device >> with a floppy disk sized image (eg 1440k) may suffice. Otherwise, no, I >> don''t think it''s supported. I can''t imagine that the ''market'' for such a >> feature would be that great :) >> > > I you did check my previous post, a file based block device was what I was > trying to do. But for the paravirtualized domain did not work. I''m curious > to know why. It is not possible, or I''ve made mistakes in the config file?I''m guessing that''s because HVM and PV uses different method to provide some devices. For example, in the old days a GUI console is only available on HVM domU. If you simply want to access data on that floppy image, mapping it as another hard disk (e.g. xvdb) should do. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users