Re: [Qemu-devel] No useful documentation.

[benb]

Dan - Try reading. -Ben



> Hello,
>
> I write here because there doesn't seem to be a Bugzilla for qemu and
> whoever is responsible for the qemu documentation must be here.
>
> The documentation is quite worthless.
>
> I'm sure you don't like hearing that, but consider that it doesn't
> actually show the user how get qemu to do what qemu is supposed to di
> (ie. run a host OS). Ok, it tells me how to create a blank disk image,
> that's great, but how do I create a disk image with something bootable
> on it? Sorry, no information on that. I expect that the most typical use
> case for qemu is running Windows under Linux, so you'd expect to see
> some documentation for that, right? Nope, none. Sure, there are
> trouble-shooting tips, but what use are trouble-shooting tips if you
> can't even get started?
>
> I've looked at qemu several times over the past several years. Every
> time I get excited at the prospect of migrating people to GNU/Linux by
> letting them run the one windows app they need... and every time I hit a
> brick wall, as qemu fails to actually do anything useful.
>
> Try to take this approach: You are writing to a technically competent
> user (perhaps a sysadmin) who wants to run Windows under Linux with qemu
> (perhaps to migrate some of the company computers). He has a Windows
> install CD, he has qemu installed, and is ready to go. Please write
> something that this person can use to get Windows running under qemu.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
> --
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>   unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself.
>   Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men."
>         -- George Bernard Shaw
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