On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Sur wrote: > * Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 01/21/2008 09:23 PM: ... snip ... > > > qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom linux-0.2.img > > > > i've tried that, and every variation of that i could think of > > (/dev/sr0, /dev/scd0). but, as i said earlier, i don't think the > > "-cdrom" option is for assigning devices, i think it's for associating > > *image files* with devices. in any event, the above still doesn't > > show me an available CD device from within QEMU. > > that should work, read Invocation section carefully: > http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html#TOC10 > > when you use -cdrom, the device always becomes /dev/hdc on guest, so > -hdc and -cdrom options are mutually exclusive. darn, you're right -- but i'm still curious as to how i should have known that the CD-ROM would be available in the QEMU session as /dev/hdc. now that i read the above, you can *deduce* that, but it certainly doesn't come right out and say it. and on that online page, in section 3.3, you can read: "You can use the host CD-ROM by using `/dev/cdrom' as filename." which is why i was looking for that device file in the QEMU session. certainly, that page could be written more clearly. :-) thanks muchly -- i'll be adding that to the QEMU wiki page shortly. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================
