qemu -hda /dev/null

qemu -hda /dev/null

[Warren Togami]

     # Need this so kvm-qemu will boot (needs non-/dev/zero local disk)
     if ! dd if=/dev/zero of=client.img bs=1M count=1; then
         echo "Unable to make client sda image" 1>&2
         return 1
     fi

     $testdir/run-qemu -hda client.img -m 128M -nographic \

Technically this isn't true.  You can use -hda /dev/null and it will 
boot just fine.  But I guess we need that disk as a means to pass the 
nfs-OK messages?

Warren Togami
wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
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Re: qemu -hda /dev/null

[David Dillow]

On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 15:09 -0400, Warren Togami wrote:
> # Need this so kvm-qemu will boot (needs non-/dev/zero local disk)
>      if ! dd if=/dev/zero of=client.img bs=1M count=1; then
>          echo "Unable to make client sda image" 1>&2
>          return 1
>      fi
> 
>      $testdir/run-qemu -hda client.img -m 128M -nographic \
> 
> Technically this isn't true.  You can use -hda /dev/null and it will 
> boot just fine.  But I guess we need that disk as a means to pass the 
> nfs-OK messages?

We need the disk as means for that, yes, but qemu-kvm would not boot
with -hda /dev/null IIRC, at least in the configuration I was using.
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