[Ovirt-devel] [PATCH server] Added support for booting a VM from an ISO image.

[Scott Seago]

Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
> Also added a few helper methods to Vm to contain the knowledge
> of how Cobbler integration is contained.
>
> When a user adds an ISO image to the Cobbler server on the appliance,
> they will need to do so using the full NFS path for where the virtual
> image will go to mount it; i.e., hostname:/path/to/filename.iso
>
> If the filename ends in ".iso" then the virtual machine will mount the
> file as a CDROM device and boot it. Otherwise, it mounts it as a hard
> disk device.
>
> To add an image to Cobbler, do the following:
>
> 1. Download an ISO image, such as the KDE LiveImage from Fedora.
> 2. Copy it to the NFS directory on the server:
>   cp *.iso /ovirtnfs/kde-live-cd.iso
> 3. Add that image to your Cobbler instance:
>   cobbler image add --name=KDE-LiveCD --file=management.priv.ovirt.org:/ovirtnfs/kde-live-cd.iso
> 4. Create a new VM in your server.
> 5. Select "KDE-LiveCD" from the list of operating systems.
> 6. Save the VM.
> 7. Start the VM.
>
> It should run the selected ISO.
>   
This works for me. only change from this is I created a new nfs mount 
/cobblernfs so the isos won't conflict with the /ovirtnfs storage pool.

ACK

Scott