I cannot change DVD roms during execution using the monitor. I can only mount a cdrom/dvdrom if I specify the iso file in the command line x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -hda ../../OSImages/sles11.qcow2 -cdrom ../../ISOz/mydvd.iso -m 2048
In the guest I can mount the iso image as you could normally expect mount /dev/cdrom /mnt mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only Info block in the monitor yields (qemu) info block ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file../../OSImages/sles11.qcow2 ro=0 drv=dcow2 encrypted=0 ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=1 file=../../ISOz/mydvd.iso ro=0 drv=raw encrypted=0 floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] When I try to do a eject ide0-cd0, I get a device busy message so I have to do a eject -f ide0-cd0 After which, an info block yields: (qemu) info block ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file../../OSImages/sles11.qcow2 ro=0 drv=dcow2 encrypted=0 ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=1 [not inserted] floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] I change the iso image with (or so it seems) (qemu) change ide1-cd0 ../../ISOz/mydvd2_rom.iso (qemu) info block ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file../../OSImages/sles11.qcow2 ro=0 drv=dcow2 encrypted=0 ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=1 file=../../ISOz/mydvd2.iso ro=0 drv=raw encrypted=0 floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] I go back to the guest and when I try to mount: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt mount: /dev/sr0 unknown device I'm running sles11 as guest and I think it may have something to do with sles11 as it works fine with ubuntu9. Any ideas what might be happening? Thanks AK
