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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Support diskless PC
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Carl-Daniel Hailfinger |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Support diskless PC |
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Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:42:56 +0100 |
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On 07.02.2009 00:45, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Stefan Weil wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> there is no reason why Qemu should not be able to emulate
>> a diskless PC. This patch allows this configuration
>> without tricks like dummy disks.
>>
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> What circumstance would you run a VM with no disk, without -kernel,
> and without -boot n?
BIOS/Firmware development. I've never used a disk inside qemu and I use
-kernel only twice a year if I change some OS handoff (or MTRR) code. I
have to admit I didn't know that -boot existed until you mentioned it in
this discussion.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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