Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:54:31 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: fbsdq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: qemu Message-ID: <20051023145431.5f844f73.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <18294.194.109.233.143.1130071319.squirrel@mail.eyfa.org> References: <20051023142850.090bee8d.dick@nagual.st> <18294.194.109.233.143.1130071319.squirrel@mail.eyfa.org>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:41:59 +0200 (CEST) "albi" <albi@scii.nl> wrote: > > I discouvered QEMU today and I think it is an amazing program. > > fully agreed :) > > > Just to be sure and on the safe site: > > > > Will the command "qemu -hda win98se.img -boot d -user-net" do as I > > think > it > will do: .. boot from my cdrom device so I can install windows > from it to > > the win98se.img file? > > i never had success with booting from the real cdrom, but creating an > iso-file > (using dd) and booting from that (-cdrom file.iso) did the trick Thanks. Some googling learns that the "-f raw" fileformat is used. As I understand the "-f qcow" fileformat gives the option that it is growable. Which is better? qcow or raw ? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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