[Openstack] boot from ISO

Michaël Van de Borne michael.vandeborne at cetic.be
Mon Nov 21 17:27:58 UTC 2011


up? anybody?


Le 14/11/11 14:44, Michaël Van de Borne a écrit :
> 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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