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[Michaël Van de Borne <michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I'm very interested in the "Boot From ISO" feature described here: 
http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO

In a few words, it's about the ability to boot a VM from the CDROM with 
an ISO image attached. A blank hard disk being attached to install the 
OS files in it.

I've got some questions about this:
1. Is the feature available today using a standard Diablo install? I've 
seen the code about this feature is stored under nova/tests and 
glance/tests. Does this mean it isn't finished yet and could only be 
tested under specific conditions? Which ones?
2. the spec tells about a Windows use case. Why just Windows? What 
should I do to test with a Linux distribution?
3. I can see here 
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ehudson-openstack/nova/trunk/revision/1433?start_revid=1433> 
that the Xen hypervisor only has been impacted by the source code 
changes. Are KVM and VMWare planned to be supported in the future? May I 
help/be helped to develop KVM and VMWare support for this 'Boot From 
Iso' feature?

Any help appreaciated

thank you,


michaël


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