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From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: windows 2008 installation doesn't recognize cdrom
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:15:54 +0200
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On 08/28/10 17:44, Martin Kraus wrote:
> 
> Hi. I'm trying to install windows 2008 on kvm running on debian squeeze with qemu-kvm
> 0.12 but the installer complains about not being able to find any drivers for
> the cdrom. Is there some way to feed it a cdrom driver? I've never had any
> problems with previous windows installations.

Hi Martin,

You need to be a little more explicit about what you are trying to do here.

Are you trying to point the CDROM drive to KVM and have it controlled by
Windows, or are you trying to point it to an ISO image?

You ought to be able to just say -cdrom /dev/sr<X> if you want KVM to
see the CDROM drive, or -cdrom /path/to/iso/image if you want it to read
the ISO.

Jes