[Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest

[Andrew Cathrow]

The dd command is the issue,it's not going to produce a valid image.
Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.
Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso


On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
> Thanks, Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success. Here’s
> what I’ve done so far:
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>  
> 
>      1. Copy CD ISO to Fedora system
> 
>       dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1
> 
>  
> 
>      1. Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1
> 
>       disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’,
> ‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’, ]
> 
>      1. xm create –c w2k3virt1
> 
>       Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso
> 
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:acathrow at redhat.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 6:05 AM
> To: Jimison, Ed
> Cc: fedora-xen at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Check the virtual machine settings and see if the CD is still
> configured.
> For example if you're w2k iso is in /opt/disks then make sure you have
> something like the following
> 
> 
> disk = [ 'file:/ .. your harddisk image ....',
> 'file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote: 
> 
> I’ve been trying to install W2K on Fedora Core 6. I found a previous
> post that recommended using “Standard PC” and this helped me get past
> the original problem with a hung black screen. The next problem I’m
> running into is that once the Windows installer boots and begins the
> “Installing Windows” step, I immediately get this error window:
> 
>  
> 
> Setup was unable to access files need to continue. This could be
> caused by an error on the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in
> the drive.
> 
>  
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed Jimison
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