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[Xen-users] Re: howto change the cdrom in a windows guest

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Subject: [Xen-users] Re: howto change the cdrom in a windows guest
From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:38:17 -0500
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change cdrom /new/path/to/cdrom

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:29:51 -0400, Luis Raddatz L. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
>  
> I have a Windows guest system over a XEN machine
> 
> At this moment, every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I
> need to shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content
> appears. Is that correct?  Or anybody knows a different way to do this?
> 
> 
>  
> The cdrom part, of the hvm file is:
> 
> 
>  
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w',
> 
>          'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r' ,
> 
>          'phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w' ]
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> Regards
> 
> Luis
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> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-TRAD
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> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have a Windows
> guest system over a XEN machine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>At this moment,
> every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I need to
> shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content appears. Is
> that correct?&nbsp; Or anybody knows a different way to do
> this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The cdrom part, of
> the hvm file is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>disk = [
> 'phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w',<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r' ,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> 'phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w' ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
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> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> 
> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
> style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Luis
> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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