RHEV - virtualization of win xp machine

[esggrupos at gmail.com]

Hi Thomas,

It works, !!!

I did the iso file with the dd command and know I can Install a winxp from  
RHEV Manager with this file,

Thank you very much.

ESG



El , Thomas von Steiger <thomas.vonsteiger at bluewin.ch> escribió:
> Yes, with "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/winxp.iso" you can create a bootable  
> iso file from a dvd or cd.

> bs and count is not needed for this.



> Thomas







> On 21.12.2009, at 18:21, esggrupos at gmail.com wrote:



> > Hi Joseph,

> >

> > No I haven`t, which is the command to make it with dd?

> >

> > dd if=/dev/hda of=/tmp/image.iso

> >

> > is this right? (being /dev/hda the cdrom) what about bs and count  
> parameters?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > ESG

> >

> >

> >

> > El , joseph baudean jdbaudean at gmail.com> escribió:

> >> Have you tried using dd to make an iso from your winxp cd?

> >

> >

> >

> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM, esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> >> > Hi all,

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > I´m still testing RHEV as virtualization solution, and I have a  
> problem

> >

> >> > creating win xp virtual machines.

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > With RHEL there is not problem, I have used a boot.iso to launch the

> >

> >> > installation and with a Web server with the source tree I do the

> >

> >> > installation.

> >

> >> > The problem is with Win. (of course ;-)) I have seen in the demos  
> that I

> >

> >> > must use a iso file with the installation but I haven´t such iso  
> file. I

> >

> >> > only have an win xp installation CD

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > I have tried to make a iso file with the mkisofs command but I can  
> get this

> >

> >> > file bootable.

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > so my two questions are:

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > Can´t I use the boot CD directly to create a win image machine (with  
> vmware

> >

> >> > is as easy as to put the CD in the drive)?

> >

> >> > how can I make a boot iso from the CD to use it to create a virtual  
> machine

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > Thanks

> >

> >> >

> >

> >> > ESG

> >

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> >

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