On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 02:03:15PM +0200, Alexander Todorov wrote: > Hello, > I found a couple of e-mail explaining how to change the iso file used > for CDROM when performing full virt install. The approach with pressing > Ctrl+Alt+2 to switch to qemu-dm console is not obvious and not always a > pleasant experience. To solve this I propose the following: The QEMU console is a security hole. We disabled access to it in Fedora. > 1) FEATURE: instead of choosing a single iso file user chooses a list of > files. The user is responsible for compiling a list with all media > required for installation. Guest OS will try to boot from the first iso > in the list and proceed with installation. At som epoint the installer > will "eject" the disc and prompt for the next one. This will result in > the software unmounting the image and instructing qemu-dm to change the > virtual device to next file in the list. > > or > > 2) The GUI showing the virtual console (the one with On/Off/Pause > buttons) will have another button : CDROM. Pressing this button will > result in dialog prompting the user for the location of next image and > when chosen change the virtual CD device to that image. > > NOTES: > > Pressing OK button in the installer after disc has been inserted is > responsibility of the user performing the install or installation > program detecting the new disc and continuing. > > 1 and 2 depend on the ability to send instructions to qemu-dm remotely > (which at this point I don't know howif possible.) > > Please vote for 1) or 2) or add any other useful information. Neither. Virt-manager 0.5.2 or later already has the ability to change the CDROM drive media for a running guest. This works for Xen currently, and libvirt support for the same in KVM is in progress. Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
