RE: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest

[Jimison, Ed]

Unfortunately it's the same error as below. The file is definitely
there.

Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso

________________________________

From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:33 AM
To: Jimison, Ed
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest

The dd command is the issue,it's not going to produce a valid image.
Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.
Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:

Thanks, Andrew. I've been going this direction with no success. Here's
what I've done so far:

1.	Copy CD ISO to Fedora system

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1

1.	Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1

disk = [ 'file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w',
'file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]

1.	xm create -c w2k3virt1

Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso

________________________________

From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:[e-mail]] 
    Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 6:05 AM
    To: Jimison, Ed
    Cc: [e-mail]
    Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest

Check the virtual machine settings and see if the CD is still
configured.
    For example if you're w2k iso is in /opt/disks then make sure
you have something like the following
    
    
    disk = [ 'file:/ .. your harddisk image ....',
'file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
    
    
    On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote: 
    
    I've been trying to install W2K on Fedora Core 6. I found a
previous post that recommended using "Standard PC" and this helped me
get past the original problem with a hung black screen. The next problem
I'm running into is that once the Windows installer boots and begins the
"Installing Windows" step, I immediately get this error window:
    
     
    
    Setup was unable to access files need to continue. This could be
caused by an error on the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in the
drive.
    
     
    
    Any advice?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ed Jimison

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W2K CD installation error on guest

[Andrew Cathrow]

Lets test the image first.
So if you do the following

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/myimage.iso

then you should me able to mount it

mount -o loop /tmp/myimage.iso /mnt

If you do this can you see the directory structure in /mnt

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:48 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
> Unfortunately it’s the same error as below. The file is definitely
> there.
>   Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:33 AM
> To: Jimison, Ed
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest
>
> The dd command is the issue,it's not going to produce a valid image.
> Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.
> Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso
>
> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
>
> Thanks, Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success. Here’s
> what I’ve done so far:
>  1. Copy CD ISO to Fedora system 
>
>
>   dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1
>
>
>
>  1. Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1 
>
>
>   disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’,
>
> ‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’, ]
>  1. xm create –c w2k3virt1 
>
>
>   Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso
>
>
>
>
> > From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:[e-mail]] 
> > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 6:05 AM
> > To: Jimison, Ed
> > Cc: [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest
> >
> > Check the virtual machine settings and see if the CD is still
> > configured.
> > For example if you're w2k iso is in /opt/disks then make sure you
> > have something like the following
> >
> > disk = [ 'file:/ .. your harddisk image ....',
> > 'file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> >
> > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
> >
> > I’ve been trying to install W2K on Fedora Core 6. I found a previous
> > post that recommended using “Standard PC” and this helped me get
> > past the original problem with a hung black screen. The next problem
> > I’m running into is that once the Windows installer boots and begins
> > the “Installing Windows” step, I immediately get this error window:
> >
> > Setup was unable to access files need to continue. This could be
> > caused by an error on the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in
> > the drive.
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed Jimison
> >
> > --
> > Fedora-xen mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
> >
> > --
> >
> > Andrew Cathrow
> > Red Hat, Inc.
> >
> > [phone] - Mobile
> > [phone] - Home Office
> >
> > [e-mail]
>
> --
>
> Andrew Cathrow
> Red Hat, Inc.
>
> [phone] - Mobile
> [phone] - Home Office
>
> [e-mail]

W2K CD installation error on guest

[Chris Lalancette]

Jimison, Ed wrote:
> Unfortunately it’s the same error as below. The file is definitely there.
>   Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso
>
>
>
> *From:* Andrew Cathrow [mailto:[e-mail]]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 04, 2006 10:33 AM
> *To:* Jimison, Ed
> *Cc:* [e-mail]
> *Subject:* RE: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest
>
> The dd command is the issue,it's not going to produce a valid image.
> Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.
> Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso
>
> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
>
> Thanks, Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success. Here’s
> what I’ve done so far:
>
> Copy CD ISO to Fedora system
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1
>
> Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1
>
> disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’,
>
> ‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’, ]
>
> xm create –c w2k3virt1
>
> Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso

<snip>

Besides the problem with the dd (which it seems like you remedied now), this smells like an SELinux issue.  Do you have SELinux enabled (i.e. run "getenforce")?  Are there any messages in /var/log/audit/audit.log or /var/log/messages saying that the read was denied?  If SELinux is indeed enabled, as a test try disabling it by running "setenforce 0", and then starting the install again.

Chris Lalancette