Using virsh to mount a CD-ROM image on an inactive domain

Procedure A.1. Mounting CD-ROM images with virsh on inactive domains

1. Create an XML configuration file for your guest, replacing guestname with your guest domains name and windowsguest.xml:

   # virsh dumpxml guestname windowsguest.xml
   

2. Add the following entry under the devices tag in the XML configuration file(windowsguest.xml in this example). You must change the source file= parameter to the location of the drivers .iso file and adjust the dev= parameter if you already have a hdb entry.

   <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
     <driver name='file'/>
     <source file='/usr/share/xenpv-win/xenpv-win.iso'/>
     <target dev='hdb'/>
     <readonly/>
   </disk>
   

3. Recreate the guest with the updated configuration file

   # virsh define windowsguest.xml
   

4. The guest now has a CD-ROM device containing the para-virtualized drivers once rebooted.
5. Once the Windows guest has booted, open My Computer and you should see the Red Hat Para-virtualized drivers disk. Click on the disk to continue the installation.