[Xen-users] Can't use DVD Writer in DomU

[Paul Waldo <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use an IDE DVD Writer in my domU.  Here is the disk line from my 
config file:

disk        = 
[ 'phy:hydra/perseus-disk,xvda1,w', 'phy:hydra/perseus-swap,xvda2,w', 
'phy:/dev/dvd1,hdc:cdrom,w' ]

I think it is connected, because I get this:
# xm block-list perseus -l
[...]
(5632
    ((backend-id 0)
        (virtual-device 5632)
        (device-type cdrom)
        (state 6)
        (backend /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/12/5632)
        (ring-ref 10)
        (event-channel 8)
        (protocol x86_64-abi)
    )
)

There seems to be no device for the writer, though:
root@perseus:~# ls -l /dev/xvd* /dev/hd*
ls: /dev/hd*: No such file or directory
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 202, 1 Feb 14 16:36 /dev/xvda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 202, 2 Feb 14 16:36 /dev/xvda2


I'm running Xen 3.1.0 on a Kubuntu Gutsy Dom0 (AMD64).

Thanks in advance for any tips!

Paul

PS
In my searching for a solution to this, I found some folks saying that I need 
to have media in the writer when booting the domU.  Please say it isn't 
so!!!! (I did try it, but still no luck)

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