* [Qemu-devel] How to use -append to automate Ubuntu install?
@ 2008-06-23 2:20 David Barrett
2008-06-23 3:42 ` Anthony Liguori
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Barrett @ 2008-06-23 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
What's the proper way to use -append to automatically select and begin
an Ubuntu installation? I tried this, but nothing happened (ie, it
behaves the same as if I didn't set it):
sudo qemu -cdrom Ubuntu_8.04_i386.iso -append
"file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.qz quiet --"
test.raw
I expected it to automatically begin the default desktop install
(pressing F6 at the install prompt shows that this is the boot line the
installer uses), but instead it just prompted me as normal.
I'm pretty familiar with QEMU, but I've never used -append before so I'm
not sure how to accomplish what I'm trying. Can you offer any
suggestions? Thanks!
-david
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] How to use -append to automate Ubuntu install?
2008-06-23 2:20 [Qemu-devel] How to use -append to automate Ubuntu install? David Barrett
@ 2008-06-23 3:42 ` Anthony Liguori
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Anthony Liguori @ 2008-06-23 3:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
David Barrett wrote:
> What's the proper way to use -append to automatically select and begin
> an Ubuntu installation? I tried this, but nothing happened (ie, it
> behaves the same as if I didn't set it):
>
> sudo qemu -cdrom Ubuntu_8.04_i386.iso -append
> "file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.qz quiet --"
> test.raw
-append only works in combination with -kernel.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
> I expected it to automatically begin the default desktop install
> (pressing F6 at the install prompt shows that this is the boot line
> the installer uses), but instead it just prompted me as normal.
>
> I'm pretty familiar with QEMU, but I've never used -append before so
> I'm not sure how to accomplish what I'm trying. Can you offer any
> suggestions? Thanks!
>
> -david
>
>
>
>
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