From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 11 19:37:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01802A6 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abgupta@microsoft.com) Received: from na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bn1lp0152.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.152]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A19920FF for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.255.230.144) by BL2PR03MB212.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.255.230.151) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.815.6; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:15 +0000 Received: from BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.1.137]) by BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com ([169.254.1.137]) with mapi id 15.00.0815.000; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:14 +0000 From: "Abhishek Gupta (LIS)" To: Michael Dexter , "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines Thread-Topic: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines Thread-Index: Ac7fCkvDb2LXFSnUTum9MIIqNVfZtgABb40AAAE77pA= Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:13 +0000 Message-ID: <8c6f3f012fc94908bf6a40cdd0d235d7@BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <528128E2.6000006@callfortesting.org> In-Reply-To: <528128E2.6000006@callfortesting.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [2001:4898:80e8:ed31::3] x-forefront-prvs: 0027ED21E7 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(53754006)(43784003)(51704005)(189002)(199002)(479174003)(377454003)(13464003)(164054003)(24454002)(81542001)(81816001)(53806001)(51856001)(80022001)(85806002)(69226001)(83072001)(63696002)(2656002)(19580405001)(56776001)(83322001)(87266001)(19580395003)(74876001)(54356001)(46102001)(80976001)(87936001)(76796001)(76786001)(85306002)(65816001)(74366001)(76576001)(79102001)(15202345003)(81686001)(4396001)(76482001)(47736001)(77096001)(31966008)(33646001)(74706001)(59766001)(77982001)(74662001)(47446002)(74502001)(49866001)(54316002)(81342001)(56816003)(74316001)(50986001)(15975445006)(47976001)(24736002)(3826001); DIR:OUT; SFP:; SCL:1; SRVR:BL2PR03MB212; H:BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com; CLIP:2001:4898:80e8:ed31::3; FPR:; RD:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:1; LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:37:23 -0000 Hi Michael, Thanks so much for replying. Some follow up questions: a) Is it not possible to use an ISO file to do the BIOS updates? b) I did not quite understand your second comment on why PCI pass through m= ay promote floppy disk use. Please could you elaborate a bit more? Thanks again for your help with this. Regards, Abhishek =20 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dexter [mailto:editor@callfortesting.org]=20 Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 10:59 AM To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org; Abhishek Gupta (LIS) Subject: Re: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines Abhishek, My single use case this last few years has been for BIOS updates and given = that one could use PCI pass-through to expose say, an LSI storage controlle= r to a virtual machine, there may indeed be a use case. Michael Dexter On 11/11/13 10:19 AM, Abhishek Gupta (LIS) wrote: > Hi everyone, >=20 > Is anybody using floppy disk drives with virtual machines on Hyper-V or a= ny other hypervisor? I would be interested in knowing both common and obscu= re scenarios. Please let me know if you have any thoughts in this direction= . > =20 > Thanks, > Abhishek Gupta > Program Manager, BSD Integration Services Microsoft Corporation >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org" >=20