Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu debian etch

[malc]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, De Leeuw Guy wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm new with qemu.
> I install qemu and kqemu by download and compile the sources
> qemu-0.8.0 and kqemu-0.7.2 on a debian testing
> I try to install windows xp pro upgrade version (official) , the boot
> start and after different stages
> windows ask me to change the cdrom and put a valid version of windows
> (aka xp home, winme, ect...)
> I upgrade from my official xp home
> I switch to the qemu console (ctrl-alt-shift-2) and I run these commands :
> eject cdrom (and I change the media xp pro by my xp home)
> change cdrom /dev/cdrom
> ctrl-alt-shift-1
> enter
> and the install xp tools go back to the same message (the cdrom led
> still inactive)
> How can I force the change of the cdrom for xp ?
>
> I test this couple of media on a pc test and the install work.
>
> I try to copy via dd the two cdrom on my harddrive and launch qemu with
> the two images, but same: not working
>
> When I trie to install a full version of windows xp pro, ok work fine.
>
>
> Can you help me ?

Linuxs VFS is blissfuly unaware that the physical media has changed and
therefore when QEMU tries to read from the fd that corresponds to
/dev/cdrom it gets old (cached) data.

To workaround you can dump the contents of your physical CDs on disk and
install from them.

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