Re: [Qemu-devel] Booting from CD Rom - finicky?

[Benjamin Brown]

Does the boot from cd option only work for images or is it supposed to 
boot from an actual CD Rom?

Thanks,

Benjamin

Benjamin Brown wrote:

> It can boot from images - thats how I managed to install some client 
> OS. It can actually boot from floppy if I specify -fda /dev/sda and 
> -boot a .
> (I have a USB floppy).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Benjamin
>
> Sander Nagtegaal wrote:
>
> > And if you make a disc image ( ISO ) of the cdrom? Does it then stil 
> > fail?
> >
> > Op zondag 6 juni 2004 19:41, schreef Benjamin Brown:
> >  
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've installed QEMU 5.5 on Mandrake 10.0 and Windows XP and although
> > > both recognise my CDRom drives after starting a client OS I can't get
> > > them to boot from auto starting CDs (i.e. Windows 98 install cd).
> > >
> > > To start it under linux I use (windows98.img is an empty 2GB file):
> > >
> > > qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom  -hda /opt/qemu/windows98.img
> > >
> > > I'm unsure of the parameters for windows so I've tried:
> > >
> > > qemu.exe --boot d --cdrom "E:\" --hda "C:\windows98.img"
> > >
> > > I've had no success :(
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appreciated,
> > >
> > > Benjamin
> > >
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