From: "Jim C. Brown" <jbrown106@phreaker.net>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Can't extract image using 7-zip
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:17:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050109221707.GA14913@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41E1A9DE.8050008@orcon.net.nz>
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:02:06AM +1300, Ed wrote:
> Hello. Bit of a newbie question I'm afraid, but I've spent hours trying
> to figure this Qemu thing out!
>
> I have been trying to mount the Mandrake 10.1 FreeOSZoo image onto Qemu
> 0.6.1 under Windows XP. My basic problem is that once I extract the
> <image>.tar.bz2 to make it <image>.tar, using 7zip, I can't then repeat
> the process to get the final <image>.img file that I seem to require in
> order to fire it up in Qemu. Is there a simple solution to this? 7zip
> just tells me that the .tar file is not a valid archive.
Did you try using /bin/tar ?
>
> I've also had trouble getting Qemu to launch properly using, for
> example, a Knoppix .iso image. Like I say, I've spent ages trying to get
> to grips with the Qemu information that is around the place, so does
> anybody know of a good place for me to start looking for some simple
> newbie guidance?
2 places: the Qemu User forum (http://www.dad-answers.com/qemu/) and the Qemu
Mailing list archives.
>
> Many thanks, in advance.
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-09 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-09 22:02 [Qemu-devel] Can't extract image using 7-zip Ed
2005-01-09 22:17 ` Jim C. Brown [this message]
2005-01-09 22:43 ` Jernej Simončič
2005-01-09 23:17 ` Sylvain Petreolle
2005-01-10 1:02 ` Jim C. Brown
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