From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] How to use -append to automate Ubuntu install?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:42:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <485F1B91.1060703@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <485F085C.5060209@quinthar.com>
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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2008-06-23 2:20 [Qemu-devel] How to use -append to automate Ubuntu install? David Barrett
2008-06-23 3:42 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
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