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I would like to create a windows xp guest from the windows xp upgrade cd I have, along with one of a few full versions I have around. However, when I reach the stage in the installer where I am prompted to insert a full version cd, the installer can't find it (update: I checked that this works for a normal install), i.e.:

Setup could not read the CD you inserted, or the CD is not a valid Windows CD..

Is there a work-around for this so I can mount both cd's, or mount a new cd during the install process?

I've tried various combinations of mounting .iso files and specifying disks, such as:

$sudo virt-install --accelerate --connect qemu:///system -n xpsp1 -r 2048 
--disk ./vm/winxp_sp1.iso,device=cdrom  --disk ./vm/windows.qcow2,size=12 
--vnc --noautoconsole --os-type windows --os-variant winxp --vcpus 2 -c /dev/cdrom 
--check-cpu

If I try to specify multiple cdrom drives, I receive an error:

virt-install --accelerate --connect qemu:///system -n xpsp1 -r 2048 
--disk ./vm/winxp_sp1.iso,device=cdrom --disk /dev/cdrom,device=cdrom 
--disk ./vm/windows.qcow2,size=12 --vnc --noautoconsole --os-type windows 
--os-variant winxp --vcpus 2 --check-cpu

Starting install...
ERROR    IDE CDROM must use 'hdc', but target in use.
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in the second command, is there already a mounted disk in /dev/cdrom perhaps? – quack quixote May 31 '10 at 23:05
Probably, that was my attempt to mount two drives at once. I only have one physical cdrom drive, I'm not sure if I can mount the 2nd on at hdd etc. – Dana the Sane May 31 '10 at 23:22
so you have the Windows installer CD saved on your system as two iso files?? this is not good news.... Can you merge these two iso's into one iso... there is hope for that if you know what your doing... otherwise I think Microsoft has you beat; they don't get Junior high students to do their programing any more :) – Iceking007 Mar 7 '11 at 23:23
I don't own the full install disk for XP, just the upgrade. You can in stall from an upgrade cd, if you have a full install cd from a previous windows version, which is what I was attempting. – Dana the Sane Mar 8 '11 at 15:42
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