On 07/26/2011 08:07 AM, Jeff wrote: > There's got to be a simple way to attach an ISO to a KVM guest. I just haven't yet discovered it. > > I've tried adding the following stanza to my guest XML file, under the <devices> stanza and starting the guest: > > <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw' /> > <source file='/etc/libvirt/qemu/isos/kvm1.iso' /> > <target dev='hda' bus='ide' /> > <readonly /> > </disk> > > > But I get the following: > > error: Failed to start domain rhel6guest > error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 > qemu: could not open disk image /etc/libvirt/qemu/isos/kvm1.iso: Permission denied > What about the parent directory perms? > A perms issue should be easy to address one would think, but I've tried every possible combination of perms changes including 777. Changed ownership from root to qemu:qemu (though I'm running as root). I'm not running SELinux. > > Anyone have any insights on how to mount a simple ISO into a KVM guest? Both at build time AND while the guest is running? > Use the loop device on the guest itself? IE: mount -o loop filename.iso /mnt
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