Re: [Xen-users] How to boot from cdrom?

["Mirco Piccin" <pictux@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> for hours now, I am trying to upgrade a paravirtualized Opensuse 10.3 to
> 11.0. I turned it into a hvm machine, set boot="d", but I cannot get it
> to work.
> file:/os-images/opensuse_11.0_32bit.iso,xvdb:cdrom,r
>
> results in
> Booting from CD-Rom...
> CDROM boot failure code : 0002
> Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk
> FATAL: No bootable device.
>
> If I change xvdb to hdc, Suse's splash screen comes up, but without any
> feedback, just a green screen with the Suse logo, nothing else.
>
> Then I tried (with the aprropriate CD in the CDROM drive, of course)
> phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r

i'm not an expert, but something happens to me quite long time ago.
Boot from cd is possible only if you have an Intel VT or an  AMD-V cpu.
Maybe it's not your case...

Regards
M

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