On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 06:55:13PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby > <mihamina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, > > > > I installed a Windows (XP and 2003) guest using one partition as hard > > drive. > > I used: > > > > sudo virt-install --connect qemu:///system \ > > --name win2003-01 \ > > --ram 1024 \ > > --keymap=fr \ > > --disk path=/dev/lvm0/win2003-01 \ > > --cdrom=/home/mihamina/Windows_2003_Server.iso \ > > --os-type windows \ > > --os-variant=win2k3 \ > > --noapic \ > > --noacpi \ > > --network=bridge:br0 \ > > --accelerate \ > > --vnc \ > > --force > > > > And this works fine. Really fine. > > > > The disk section in the definition: > > > > <disk type='block' device='disk'> > > <source dev='/dev/lvm0/win2003-01'/> > > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> > > </disk> > > > > After installation, people asked me to add another hard drive to this > > installation, and then, I added another "disk" in the definition: > > > > <disk type='block' device='disk'> > > <source dev='/dev/lvm0/win2003-01'/> > > <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> > > </disk> > > <disk type='block' device='disk'> > > <source dev='/dev/lvm0/win2003-01-a'/> > > <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> > > </disk> > > > > I am following this thread for my information want to know is the > above syntax of adding a disk to vm definition correct? > I have not tried it hence want to know. Looks like it. If you get a specific error message, then we can help, otherwise we can't. > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 05:54:00AM +0300, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > >> > acathrow@xxxxxxxxxx : > >> > Are you looking for a new driver to appear in 'my computer' > >> > >> Yes, that is what I expected. > >> > >> > because it wouldn't appear there until you format it. Does it show > >> > up in device manager? > >> > >> I'll try to see in the device manager and see if I can ask for > >> formatting from somewhere. > > > > You could also try partitioning and preformatting the drive before you > > add it. _Shut down_ the virtual machine, then do: > > > > guestfish -a /dev/lvm0/win2003-01-a <<EOF > > run > > part-disk /dev/sda mbr > > mkfs ntfs /dev/sda1 > > EOF > > Are you suggesting to erase mbr also? I was assuming that the new disk was completely blank, in which case creating a partition table and a filesystem inside that partition might be helpful. > The guy is adding another disk to his vm so why does one need to erase > mbr in vm? > > partdisk is not installed on my system. > Are you suggesting this utility > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896528 No, I'm suggesting this utility: http://libguestfs.org/guestfish.1.html Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones New in Fedora 11: Fedora Windows cross-compiler. Compile Windows programs, test, and build Windows installers. Over 70 libraries supprt'd http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW http://www.annexia.org/fedora_mingw -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list