Re: [Qemu-devel] Using QEMU to run Win98 and up in Mac OS

[Jose Lopez-Parga]

Mike,

First of all, thanks !

Second,

1. When you talk about creating a hard disk image, can I use one of 
those 3 GB empty (*.bz2) images available on sites like PearPC and such?

2. I am also assuming that in you command line below, win98.hd is that 
image.

3. Since you also have /dev/cdrom, I am assuming that I need to put the 
Win98SE disk in the Mac cd drive . Right?

Jose

Mike Swanson wrote:

> You need to create a hard disk image first (1 gigabyte is fine for
> Windows). You also need a boot disk (bootdisk.com) to start the setup
> program on the Windows 98 CD-ROM. (Why the Win9x discs weren't
> bootable... I don't know, ask Microsoft)
>
> QEMU's command is pretty simple:
> qemu -hda win98.hd -cdrom /dev/cdrom -fda bootdisk.fd -boot a
>
> the -hda parameter is for the first hard disk in the virtual system.
> -cdrom is for the cdrom, -fda is for the first floppy, and -boot is
> the first boot device.
>
> When Windows 98 wants to reboot for the first time, reboot but exit
> QEMU when it does so. Then remove the floppy and boot parameters. It
> should boot from the hard disk, as Win98 expects.
>
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