From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stuart Jansen Subject: Re: changing guest CD Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 12:09:12 -0600 Message-ID: <1242238152.13579.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1242075948.3685.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4A08A322.3090507@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm To: Anthony Liguori Return-path: Received: from serenity.buscaluz.org ([72.14.176.150]:36925 "EHLO serenity.buscaluz.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757254AbZEMSJS (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 14:09:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A08A322.3090507@codemonkey.ws> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 17:13 -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Stuart Jansen wrote: > > Does KVM support changing the CD in a running guest's disc drive? I've > > tried to do it using the qemu monitor, but so far haven't been able to. > > I've seen rumor and innuendo that KVM can't change the disc in a running > > system, but no official confirmation yet. > > > > If KVM doesn't support changing the disc in a running system, what would > > be required to support it? > > > > It does via the change command. What did you try and how did it fail? I've been using both libvirt and raw qemu monitor with Fedora 11 KVM RPMs. After further testing, while F11 doesn't work, F10 does. Guess it's time to see if Fedora bugzilla already has a report. -- "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden