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Re: Way to attach floppy device to VM while booting

 

hi Ken'ichi Ohmichi,

Without --file option boot succeeds !

Thanks,
Rashmi


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

>
> Hi Rashmi,
>
> On Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:50 +0530
> Rashmi SN <snrashmisn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion ! I tried --file option but it failed.
>
> If not specifying --file option, does the command succeed?
>
>
> Thanks
> Ken'ichi Ohmichi
>
> ---
> > Command:
> > nova boot --flavor 3 --image bae8715c-1758-4949-8bf7-e6bb4e983e67
> > --key_name key1  --file /tmp/input.xml=/home/ubuntu110/input.xml  vm2
> >
> > nova.conf file :,
> > --config_drive_format=iso9660
> > --libvirt_inject_partition=-2
> >
> >
> > It fails with the following error:
> >
> > *2013-05-21 02:04:49 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Command: sudo nova-rootwrap
> mkdir
> > -p /tmp/openstack-disk-mount-tmpWvaDMs/tmp*
> >
> > *2013-05-21 02:04:49 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Exit code: 1*
> >
> > *2013-05-21 02:04:49 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Stdout: ''*
> >
> > *2013-05-21 02:04:49 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp Stderr: "/bin/mkdir: cannot
> create
> > directory `/tmp/openstack-disk-mount-tmpWvaDMs/tmp': Read-only file
> > system\n"*
> >
> > *2013-05-21 02:04:49 TRACE nova.rpc.amqp*
> >
> > 2013-05-21 02:04:54 DEBUG nova.manager [-] Running periodic task
> > ComputeManager._publish_service_capabilities from (pid=1479)
> periodic_tasks
> > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/manager.py:152
> >
> > 2013-05-21 02:04:54 DEBUG nova.manager [-] Notifying Schedulers of
> > capabilities ... from (pid=1479) _publish_service_capabilities
> > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/manager.py:203
> >
> > 2013-05-21 02:04:54 DEBUG nova.rpc.amqp [-] Making asynchronous fanout
> > cast... from (pid=1479) fanout_cast
> > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/rpc/amqp.py:359
> >
> > 2013-05-21 02:04:54 DEBUG nova.manager [-] Running periodic task
> > ComputeManager._poll_rescued_instances from (pid=1479) periodic_tasks
> > /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/manager.py:152
> >
> > 2013-05-21 02:04:54 DEBUG nova.manager [-] Skipping
> > ComputeManager._sync_power_states, 1 ticks left until next run from
> > (pid=1479) periodic_tasks
> /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/manager.py
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rashmi
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Ken'ichi Ohmichi
> > <oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Rashmi,
> > >
> > > On Thu, 9 May 2013 09:31:25 +0530
> > > Rashmi SN <snrashmisn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Rashmi SN <snrashmisn@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I would want to associate a floppy disk image say "example.flp" to
> a VM
> > > > > when I instantiate.
> > > > > The idea is that , during installation , the image picks up certain
> > > > > configuration details from a defined file from the floppy image
> (flp).
> > > > > How do I achieve this with openstack nova (boot) commands.
> > >
> > > I guess you can use --file option of 'nova boot' command, if a defined
> > > file is small.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ken'ichi Ohmichi
> > >
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