Stuart Jansen wrote:
Does KVM support changing the CD in a running guest's disc drive? I've tried to do it using the qemu monitor, but so far haven't been able to. I've seen rumor and innuendo that KVM can't change the disc in a running system, but no official confirmation yet. If KVM doesn't support changing the disc in a running system, what would be required to support it?
The following worked for me when doing a guest install from multiple CD iso images: > to enter monitor from guest screen: > > <cntl><alt>2 > > to exit back to guest screen: > > <cntl><alt>1 > > changing a cd image: > > (qemu) info block > > <list of block devices> > > (qemu) eject ide1-cd0 > (qemu) change ide1-cd0 <target_file> > > <cntl><alt>1 -- john.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
