[Xen-users] RE: guest OS(win xp)-> Not able to access CD/DVD/PEN DRIVES

[anant <ANigam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well when i place cd in cdrom and then reboot the guest OS, it works fine but
not when i place cd after its reboot.
OK ill try out as you said.
Thanks

Petersson, Mats wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of anant
>> Sent: 10 January 2007 14:12
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>> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] guest OS(win xp)-> Not able to 
>> access CD/DVD/PEN DRIVES
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>> 
>> Thanks for your reply.
>> I have switched over to XEN from VMWare, so there is no point 
>> going back to
>> it.
>> So you said usb are not supported over XEN virtual Machine.
>> Ok and what about CD/DVD..
>> Are they supported by Xen Virtual Machine or not ?
> 
> Yes they are. You need to specify the CDROM device in your config file,
> and if you swap the content (or add content) whilst the VM is running,
> you need to trigger the "media change" by using the QEMU console
> (CTRL-ALT-2 I think). 
> 
> In principle, you should be able to fake a USB pen-drive into being
> another CDROM if you wish, with the same concept of media change through
> the QEMU console. 
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> Mats
>> I cant find relevant info after googling it. 
>> If you could let me know then it would be great...
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Anant
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>> Ulrich Windl wrote:
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>> > On 10 Jan 2007 at 2:33, anant wrote:
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>> >> 
>> >> any guesses ??????
>> > 
>> > I guess you are either using a SCSI pen drive, or you just 
>> want to ask
>> > about USB 
>> > support. For the latter this was actively discussed...
>> > 
>> > Ulrich
>> > P.S. As always: Precise description of problems, precise answers
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