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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 18:49 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > >> peter wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 11:59 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Have you used the command -cdrom /dev/cdrom on the qemu command line? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi Rob >>> >>> Thanks for your reply, yes I started windows with >>> >>> qemu -hda c.img -m 256 >>> >>> Then once windows was up and running did a >>> >>> -cdrom /dev/cdrom >>> >>> It still asks me to insert a CD when I click on the CD icon. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >> Hmm, if that didn't work then I'm a bit stumped. I generally only use >> QEMU with ISO images. I wonder if you have to unmount the CD so QEMU >> can get control? (although I would presume since it's a read only >> medium then multiple programs can read from /dev/cdrom). Another thing >> you might be worth checking, do you actually have an entry called cdrom >> in dev, and do you have permission to access it directly? (again, I >> suppose you may have permissions to it if it works in Ubuntu). >> >> Rob >> > > Not such a daft idea. Although I have yet to see it happen on more > recent systems with udev and friends, I used to find that /dev/cdrom > symlink to /dev/hdX (where X could have been anything from A through H > on my machine) was often borked. > > :) > Grant. > > Using a CD in a DVD drive can introduce udev problems. See h2 in this thread:- http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-6930.html I don't know but I would think the problem would be worse if you have both a CDROM drive and a DVD drive. Keith -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html