Second option for profiles:- *********** Installation *********** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/xen/vm# cat solaio.hvm name="Solaris89HVM" builder='hvm' memory=1024 disk=['tap:aio:/etc/xen/images/snv.img,hda,w','phy:/dev/loop0,hdc:cdrom,r'] vif=['type=ioemu,bridge=eth0'] device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm' kernel='/usr/lib64/xen/boot/hvmloader' vcpus=1 serial="pty" sdl=1 boot="d" on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart' ********* Runtime ********* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/xen/vm# cat sol89aio.hvm name="Solaris89HVM" builder='hvm' memory=1024 disk=['tap:aio:/etc/xen/images/snv.img,hda,w'] vif=['type=ioemu,bridge=eth0'] device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm' kernel='/usr/lib64/xen/boot/hvmloader' vcpus=1 serial="pty" sdl=1 boot="c" on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart' Both options:- disk=['tap:aio:/etc/xen/images/snv.img,hda,w','phy:/dev/loop0,hdc:cdrom,r'] disk=['phy:/dev/sdb13,ioemu:hda,w','phy:/dev/loop0,hdc:cdrom,r'] work fine. I didn't have to losetup writeable device as suggested in blog http://blogs.sun.com/breakdown/ This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list xen-discuss@opensolaris.org