Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] DOSEMU image file support

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Hampa Hug wrote:

> I am reluctant to just use read/write (as the other block drivers
> do) because it is simply wrong. It may work for local files under
> Linux, but what about remote files (such as files on NFS mounts)
> and other host operating systems?

Well, it doesn't. I tried several times to use a CD image which was
mounted via samba, and it always failed miserably (took me almost half an
hour to realize what the problem was, too).

Ciao,
Dscho