Re: [Condor-users] "vm_cdrom_files = a, b, c" : How does this work?

[Andrew Howard <ahoward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So you're saying that you include the files you want to show up IN the
cdrom? Not the ISO image itself? Instead I assume Condor transfers the
files you specify, and those are then converted into an ISO (with
mkisofs)?

That's where I've been confused about the whole thing.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Johnson koil Raj <johnson.raj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
>   sorry, for non-edited mail which I sent previously.
>
> Rob wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a pool of WIndows XP Condor pool PCs, which have VMware 1.0.6
>> installed.
>>
>> I want to submit a condor job as a VMware image with a linux OS
>> (ttyLinux).
>>
>> I'd like to use this feature of "vm_cdrom_files = ...", but I don't
>> understand how this works.
>>
>
>   if you keep the cdrom_files and if you include below two lines into the
> submit description
> file. once the job is submitted to a machine these file also will be copied
> and there it is converted
> into an iso file and attached to the VM. If only the cdrom_device found for
> that VM while condor
> creating the its own vmx file.
>>
>> The manual says:
>>
>> ---- quote --------------
>>
>> A CD-ROM for the virtual machine is composed of a set of files.
>> These files are specified in the submit description file
>> with a comma-separated list of file names.  vm_cdrom_files =
>> a.txt,b.txt,c.txt
>>
>> If these files are not on a shared file system visible to
>> the machine that will run the vm universe job, then
>> Condor must also be told to transfer them from
>> the submit machine with  vm_should_transfer_cdrom_files = YES
>> ---- end-quote -------------
>> Basic questions I have are:
>>
>> * How do I set up the configuration of the CD-Rom in the VMware virtual
>> machine?
>>
>
>   Make sure your vmx file contains these lines. In order to condor detect
> and set cdrom_device.
>
>   ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
>   ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom" or "cdrom-raw"
>   ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
>
>> * Once the virtual linux system is up and running, how can it access the
>> cdrom files?
>>
>
>   yes you have to mount.
>   I use "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom".
>>
>> Should it mount the CD-Rom? On the linux system, the boot message has:
>>          hda: VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive, ATA DISK drive
>>          hdb: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>> Should I then do "mount -t iso6990 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom" to access the
>> condor cdrom files?
>> I've tried this, but it doesn't seem to work......
>>
>
> may be the cd_rom is not pointing to the iso files.
>
>   once vm is started check the condor created vmx i.e (vmXXXXXX_condor.vmx)
> file it should be like these
> if it is attached iso file.
>
>   ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
>   ide1:0.fileName = "isoHVKf1E.iso"
>   de1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
>   ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
>>
>> If condor wraps these files into an iso image (does it?), then how can I
>> tell the VMware
>> configuration to use a not-yet-existing iso image for the CDrom???
>>
>
>   yes, condor wraps these files into iso. you no need to specify any iso
> condor creates
> and attach to the VMware through the vmx file it creating, in that you can
> check.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Rob.
>>
>
> I am using pool of linux machine and using vmware 1.0.4.
>
> by
> Johnson
>
>
>
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Andrew Howard
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