On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:01:57PM +0000, Unman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:11:31AM -0800, Антон Чехов wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 2:49:34 PM UTC+1, Unman wrote: > > > > > > > > > These are pretty much the same instructions as at > > > www.qubes-os.org/doc/netbsd and worked for me. That was some time ago. > > > > > > What error are you getting when trying to atatch the cdrom drive? > > > > > > > When trying to start the VM with "qvm-start --cdrom=..." I get "VM does not > > support attaching disks". So I just start the VM and access the console > > during startup. When trying to attach the cdrom I get: > > > > "Command failed > > /sbin/mount -rt cd9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt2" > > > > and a path to a local directory does not work either. > > > > Ok, well you're trying to create an appVM which wont support the --cdrom > options at start. (You can use that option with HVM) > > I dont know how you are trying to attach the disk image: in my > experience, qvm-block and native xl commands don't work, but perhaps I > am missing something. > > As a workaround, I simply replaced private.img with the NetBSD iso. > Boot the qube, interrupt and attach to console. > Install to xbd0; then the CD is available at xbd1a > You can always reinstate private.img if you want to use that disk > space also. > > See if that works for you > > unman > It occurs to me that if you replace root.img with the NetBSD iso then the qube would boot straight in to installation mode. Havent tried it but it seems likely. Obviously you may want to remove the installer afterwards, but as you will be specifying the disk to boot from it probably wont be necessary.
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