Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Nick Smith
sweet! oh well, thanks for they help. On 3/1/06, Heiko Wundram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 1. März 2006 18:02 schrieb Nick Smith: > > vmware tells me that /dev/loop1 exsists but does not appear to be a > > cdrom device, is there something else i have to do? > > As I said, YMMV. The l

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Heiko Wundram
Am Mittwoch, 1. März 2006 18:02 schrieb Nick Smith: > vmware tells me that /dev/loop1 exsists but does not appear to be a > cdrom device, is there something else i have to do? As I said, YMMV. The loop device doesn't support CD-ROM-device IOCTLs, which are required by VMware as it seems. There's

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Nick Smith
On 3/1/06, Heiko Wundram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 1. März 2006 17:27 schrieb Nick Smith: > > wouldnt that be the same as just telling vmware in the software itself > > to use the that iso image? i cant use vmware's virtual cdrom for this > > project, it gives me errors on boot, i n

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Heiko Wundram
Am Mittwoch, 1. März 2006 17:27 schrieb Nick Smith: > wouldnt that be the same as just telling vmware in the software itself > to use the that iso image? i cant use vmware's virtual cdrom for this > project, it gives me errors on boot, i need to find a way to have it > mounted some other way like d

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Nick Smith
On 3/1/06, Uwe Klosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't have to mount it for the use with vmware. Update your vmx file with > the following: > > ide1:0.fileName = "changeme.iso" > ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" > > Cheers > Uwe > > Nick Smith wrote: > > does anyone know how to make a virtua

Re: [gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Uwe Klosa
You don't have to mount it for the use with vmware. Update your vmx file with the following: ide1:0.fileName = "changeme.iso" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" Cheers Uwe Nick Smith wrote: does anyone know how to make a virtual cdrom in linux? kinda like daemon tools for windows? i have my is

[gentoo-user] virtual cdroms in linux

2006-03-01 Thread Nick Smith
does anyone know how to make a virtual cdrom in linux? kinda like daemon tools for windows? i have my iso mounted as /mnt/iso but vmware keeps complaining that i cant use a directory as an iso. i know vmware can use iso's as cdroms, but in this instance i cant use vmware, i have to mount it some o