Re: [Xen-users] Exporting floppy image as floppy.

["Christopher G. Stach II" <cgs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Edward Ing wrote:
> I am trying to boot off a floppy. The problem is that the HMVLoader DomU
> does not recognize the floppy.
> 
> It is certainly in the way I have specified the export of the floppy
> image.
> 
> I have tried a few variations.
> 
> disk = [ 'file:/var/iso/ubuntu-boot.img,fd0,r','phy:/dev/sdb7,hda,w',
> 'phy:/dev/hdc,hdc:cdrom,r']
> disk = [ 'file:/var/iso/ubuntu-boot.img,fd,r','phy:/dev/sdb7,hda,w',
> 'phy:/dev/hdc,hdc:cdrom,r']
> 
> 
> disk =
> [ 'file:/var/iso/ubuntu-boot.img,fd0:floppy,r','phy:/dev/sdb7,hda,w',
> 'phy:/dev/hdc,hdc:cdrom,r']
> 
> 
> disk =
> [ 'file:/var/iso/ubuntu-boot.img,fda:floppy,r','phy:/dev/sdb7,hda,w',
> 'phy:/dev/hdc,hdc:cdrom,r']
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, I could not find the floppy specification documents.
> 
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I have never tried, but I would think that
'file:/var/iso/ubuntu-boot.img,fd:floppy,r' would be more appropriate
since it's a disk image and not a partition.

-- 
Christopher G. Stach II


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