Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 DVD writer usage

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

afoo wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have a problem trying to get my DVD-RAM writer to work for a particular domU
> on my Xen 3.1 system. The domU boots fine, xend.log shows createDevice and
> DevController entries for the device and xm list --long shows the device, too,
> yet I can not access the device from inside the domU. When I try to
> mount it, the
> following happens:
>
> mount: /dev/hdc is not a valid block device
>
> or a variation thereof, see below.
>
> I tried several things in the domu.cfg file's disk stanza:
>
> 'phy:/dev/hda:hda:cdrom,w',
> 'phy:hda:sdb,w'
>
> and I think every combination thereof (like 'phy:/dev/hda:sdb:cdrom,w'
>   
Fully virt or paravirt? If fully virt try 'phy:/dev/hda,hdb:cdrom,w'

--Sadique

> and so on).
> The problem presents itself in the same way every time.
>
> I am using the Xen 3.1 hypervisor from Debian etch backports with a
> self-compiled/patched 2.6.18 Linux kernel. I also tried compiling a domU kernel
> with everything relevant compiled in. I even tried booting the domU with and
> without udev.
>
> Any hints on what I am doing wrong?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jan
>
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