Re: [Fedora-xen] Can't find CDROM after installing Win2k

[Songtao Liu]

Hi, 
 
I have also encountered this problem before in Fedora6 :) but I use Windows 
image, not CD, here is my steps, maybe will give you some hints 
 
1. Open the VM and do it via wizard step by step.  
2. After the Virtual Machine Console pops up, install the OS as normal 
installation.  
3. When the system says to press F6, make sure to Press F5 and select 
"standard PC" and continue.  
4. Choose to format the C:\ partition in FAT file system format because Linux 
isn't compatible with NTFS kernel modules(in fact it works). Mounting or 
writing files to Xen guest image may not be as straight-forward if you were to 
format in NTFS.  
5. After reboot, we should fix the WinXP image in order to avoid the coming 
problem by installation.  
#losetup -f  
#losetup /dev/loop0 /xen/winxp  
#kpartx -av /dev/loop0  
#mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt/winxp  
#mount /WinXPimage/winxp.iso /mnt/tmp/  
#cp -prv /mnt/tmp/I386 /mnt/winxp  
#umount /mnt/winxp  
#umount /mnt/tmp/  
6. Restart the guest OS with 'xm create winxp'. When the 'file needed' dialog 
window comes up, input the path as c:\i386. Then everything should be smooth.  
Maybe you should input the path c:\i386 many times, as it the path will not be 
remembered. 
 
Hope it helps. 
Songtao 
 
 
 
Original Message: 
 
Hi, 
<br /> 
<br />I installed Win2k as guest os in my FC7 host. When win2k performed setup 
<br />post installation it tries to look for some files in GLOBALROOT\DEVICE 
<br />\CDROM\i386 which it cannot find.  
<br /> 
<br />How do I configure my guest os to see my CDROM device and continue on 
<br />with my installation? 
<br /> 
<br />Tks. 
<br /> 
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