Am 30.01.25 um 12:31 schrieb Daniel Herzig: > This patch series addresses bugzilla entry #4225. > > Currently VMs refuse to to start if a configured isofile becomes unavailable, > be it a deleted file or an unavailable network storage. > > This patch series introduces a new parameter in Drive.pm, called 'essential'. > Depending on whether this parameter is set or not, the situation will be > handled > differently. > > If the parameter is set to 0, the configuration will temporarily changed to > use > 'none' as file for the cd drive, which allows qemu to start up the machine. > The configuration is not changed in this process to avoid unexpected > behaviour. > Instead a log_warn will be issued. > > For transition reasons an unset parameter acts like 'required=1'. In this case > the startup process will die earlier than currently, if the file is missing or > the underlying storage not available.
Since you use the word "transition", is there a plan to change the default behavior at some point? IMHO that requires more rationale (especially in the backend). > > If a new VM is created from the WebGUI, a corresponding added checkbox > is checked by default, but allows for convenient unchecking during setup time, > eg for media that is only needed for installation time. > > This patch series adds an 'Eject' button to the hardwareview in the WebGUI, > which can be used as a convenience shortcut to setting file to 'none' for the > cdrom drive. > > This series supersedes: > https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250113085608.99498-1-d.her...@proxmox.com/ _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
