diff -r 48aed1403fe3 tools/examples/xmexample.vmx
--- a/tools/examples/xmexample.vmx	Fri Jul 22 16:44:33 2005
+++ b/tools/examples/xmexample.vmx	Tue Aug  9 10:54:01 2005
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 # and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
 
 #disk = [ 'phy:hda1,hda1,r' ]
-disk = [ 'file:/var/images/min-el3-i386.img,hda,w' ]
+disk = [ 'ioemu:/var/images/min-el3-i386.img,hda,w' ]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set the kernel command line for the new domain.
diff -r 48aed1403fe3 tools/python/xen/xend/Blkctl.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/Blkctl.py	Fri Jul 22 16:44:33 2005
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/Blkctl.py	Tue Aug  9 10:54:01 2005
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     # Special case phy devices - they don't require any (un)binding
     # Parallax also doesn't need script-based binding.
-    if (type == 'phy') or (type == 'parallax'):
+    if (type == 'phy') or (type == 'parallax') or (type == 'ioemu'):
         return dets
     
     if script is None:
diff -r 48aed1403fe3 tools/python/xen/xend/image.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Fri Jul 22 16:44:33 2005
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Tue Aug  9 10:54:01 2005
@@ -287,12 +287,14 @@
         device = sxp.child(self.vm.config, 'device')
         vbdinfo = sxp.child(device, 'vbd')
         if not vbdinfo:
-            raise VmError("vmx: missing vbd configuration")
+            continue
         uname = sxp.child_value(vbdinfo, 'uname')
         vbddev = sxp.child_value(vbdinfo, 'dev')
         (vbdtype, vbdparam) = string.split(uname, ':', 1)
         vbddev_list = ['hda', 'hdb', 'hdc', 'hdd']
-        if vbdtype != 'file' or vbddev not in vbddev_list:
+        if vbdtype != 'ioemu':
+            continue
+        if vbddev not in vbddev_list:
             raise VmError("vmx: for qemu vbd type=file&dev=hda~hdd")
         ret.append("-%s" % vbddev)
         ret.append("%s" % vbdparam)
diff -r 48aed1403fe3 tools/python/xen/xend/server/blkif.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/server/blkif.py	Fri Jul 22 16:44:33 2005
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/server/blkif.py	Tue Aug  9 10:54:01 2005
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@
             pass
         else:
             node = Blkctl.block('bind', self.type, self.params)
+            if self.type == 'ioemu':
+                return
             self.setNode(node)
             self.attachBackend()
         if change: