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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Michaël,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>“Boot from ISO” should be ISO image agnostic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The feature was intended to overcome restrictions placed on the redistribution of Windows images. It allows the CD to be used as the basis of a new VM, although the hardware has to be dedicated to the user for certain versions of Windows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>You should have no problem with a Linux distribution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>I wrote it for XenAPI, so we need someone to duplicate the work for KVM and VMWare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>DL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@lists.launchpad.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michaël Van de Borne<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 November 2011 13:44<br><b>To:</b> openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Openstack] boot from ISO<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Hi all,<br><br>I'm very interested in the "Boot From ISO" feature described here: <a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO">http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO</a><br><br>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.<br><br>I've got some questions about this:<br>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?<br>2. the spec tells about a Windows use case. Why just Windows? What should I do to test with a Linux distribution?<br>3. I can see <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ehudson-openstack/nova/trunk/revision/1433?start_revid=1433">here</a> 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?<br><br>Any help appreaciated<br><br>thank you,<br><br><br>michaël<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span lang=EN-GB>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB>Michaël Van de Borne<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB>R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB>Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://www.cetic.be">www.cetic.be</a>, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div></body></html>