Derek's Musings » iso http://www.incandetech.com/derek I'm right. You're wrong. Don't take it personally. It's just how things are. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:58:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Configuring a Xen / QEMU Guest / Dom / VM to Boot Off of an *.iso Disc Image Using Redhat Virtual Machine Manager http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2008/07/28/configuring-a-xen-qemu-guest-dom-vm-to-boot-off-of-an-iso-disc-image-using-redhat-virtual-machine-manager/ http://www.incandetech.com/derek/2008/07/28/configuring-a-xen-qemu-guest-dom-vm-to-boot-off-of-an-iso-disc-image-using-redhat-virtual-machine-manager/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:30:34 +0000 Derek http://www.incandetech.com/derek/?p=18 Continue reading →]]> Assuming:

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Virtual Machine Manager

Do it now:

  • Open Virtual Machine Manager
  • Select the VM
  • Select Details
  • Select the Hardware tab
  • Select Add
  • Select select select…say CLICK damn it!
  • Choose Storage
  • Select File-based
  • Browse to or enter the path of the *.iso disc image
  • Hit the rest of the buttons in the wizard…you’ll make it on your own; I promise*.

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Continue on:

  • Open the VM’s configuration file (usually in: /etc/xen/) in your text editor of choice
  • Change the ‘boot=’ line to ‘boot=”d”‘
  • Edit the portion of config file that specifies the new storage device. Change “hdx” to “ioemu:hdx:cdrom”.

*You may suck. Promise not legally binding.

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