Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Building a disk image?

[Matt Lawrence]

address@hidden wrote on 07/04/2005 10:34:35 AM:

> Le Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:11:53 -0500, Matt Lawrence a écrit :
>
> > I'm trying to figure out how to script the creation of disk images for
> > qemu.  I've already scripted file system creation with user-mode-linux, so
> > once I can get the partitions created correctly, the rest should be easy.
> > Right now, when I do a qemu-img create and run fdisk on the file, I get the
> > message "You must set cylinders".  So, how to I figure out what to set them
> > to?  And then, how do I convince mke2fs to create a filesystem in the
> > partition?  Or, am I attacking this problem from the wrong direction?
>
> It's easier to use losetup to associate the image with a loop device ,
> then create the partitions with your favorite tool.
> Once the image is partitionned pass the offset option to losetup then
> create swap or filesystems on /dev/loop?.

I guess I don't don't quite understand how to get the partition table set up correctly with losetup.  It looks like another issue.  Also, how do I get the bootloader configured correctly in a disk image?  I'm still a bit confused.

-- Matt