On 05/20/2010 02:29 PM, Adnan Khaleel wrote: > 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?
Does it work if the guest uses ide based CD's: rmmod ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd David > > Thanks > > AK
