[one-users] Contextualization: cdrom vs disk

[Ruben S. Montero]

Hi

Thanks for the feedback. I filled a issue for this [1]. I think using
cdrom always for the iso images should be a better approach. This is a
trivial fix, so I think we can target this for 1.4

Cheers!!

Ruben

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Shi Jin <jinzishuai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> The current way of inserting contexture script to OpenNebula is done
> via adding the ISO image as an additional real-only disk image.
> With the template:
> CONTEXT = [
>  HOSTNAME   = "$NAME",
>  FILES      = "/srv/cloud/ImgRep/FC11AOS/init.sh
> /srv/cloud/ImgRep/FC11AOS/ipcontext.sh",
>  TARGET     = "sdc" ]
>
> The xml file is
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>      <source file='/srv/cloud/oneadmin/one-svn-installation/var/122/images/disk.1'/>
>      <target dev='sdc' bus='scsi'/>
>      <readonly/>
>    </disk>
> This works pretty well under Linux. However, it does not work at all
> under Windows.
> On the other hand, I found that if we make it a cdrom device instead
> of a disk, it works on both systems. The XML would be
> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
> <source file='/srv/cloud/ImgRep/WinXP/vmcontext.iso'/>
> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
>
> I see two ways to accomplish this
> 1. change the context behavior to cdrom device completely. This should
> work fine.
> 2. give the user the freedom to choose either a cdrom or disk device.
> This will be completely compatible with previous setup.
>
> Do you think this can be done fairly easily?
> Thanks a lot.
> Shi
>
>
> --
> Shi Jin, Ph.D.
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