Re: [Qemu-devel] Hello Friends !! need some help !!

[Christian MICHON]

On 4/11/07, gaurav gunjan jha <address@hidden> wrote:
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> qemu-img create -f qcow linux2.img 100M
> Formating 'linux2.img', fmt=qcow, size=102400 kB
>
> but when i invoke the command qemu linux3.img then i get the
> a new terminal window and the following display on it
> the Fatal error .boot from hard dik failed
>
> what option i need to set to boot from hard disk?

it's not going to work if you just created linux2.img and you
intend to boot linux3.img by the way. :)

quite likely, here's the flow you need:
1) qemu-img create -f qcow linux2.img 100M
2) qemu -L <path_to_qemu_bios> -hda linux2.img -cdrom
<an_iso_that_can_install_an_os> -boot d
3) once the os is installed:
  qemu -L <path_to_qemu_bios> -hda linux2.img

I disagree with the statement: "documentation on internet is not good enough".
You obviously missed this very good link:
http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/QuickStartGuide

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Christian