On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 4:42:39 PM UTC-4, Francesco wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 5:27 PM, James Chi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
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> I am not only new to Qubes, I am also new to linux so I am going to have to 
> learn a lot.  I would appreciate any help.
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> I have a windows 7 iso on usb.  I created a usb vm called sys-usb.  Now I am 
> trying to copy the iso file to dom0 based on the following:
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> "qvm-start win7 --cdrom=/usr/local/iso/win7_en.iso
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> The above command assumes the installation ISO was transferred to Dom0 
> (copied using dd command from an installation CDROM for example)."
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> Can someone help me figure out this step?  Sorry for the newbie question.  I 
> will have lots of these.
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> the command you mention does not copy a iso to dom0. Copyingfiles to dom0 is 
> discouraged because dom0 should be protected from external possible attacks.
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> the command you mention tells dom0 where to find an iso to start a HVM and 
> particularly tells to look for the iso into a cdrom.
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> best
> 
> Fran
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I thought this was the command to find the iso in the cdrom drive: 

qvm-start win7 --cdrom=/dev/cdrom

I don't have the iso file on dvd unfortunately.  What can I do if I have it 
only on usb?  How do I figure out the location of the usb file ?

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