From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EPTKD-0004Di-O2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:14:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EPTKB-0004Cw-7p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:14:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EPTKA-0004Cq-Da for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:14:22 -0400 Received: from [203.96.152.183] (helo=linda-4.paradise.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EPTKA-0003YS-5J for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:14:22 -0400 Received: from ux422.paradise.net.nz ([203.96.152.177]) by linda-4.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0IO700897XVU9G@linda-4.paradise.net.nz> for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:14:18 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:14:18 +1300 (NZDT) From: Wesley Parish Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Win95 Image does not boot, how can I debug where I am getting stuck In-reply-to: <1129069829.5142.16.camel@tchitow.int.iplink.net> Message-id: <1129072458.434c474ad7a6b@www.paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit References: <1129069829.5142.16.camel@tchitow.int.iplink.net> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" My suggestion: dd if=/dev/fd0 bs=512 of=win95.img when fd0 contains a Win95 boot floppy with some diagnostics. Then qemu -boot a -fda win95.img -hda win95 & and run the diagnostics. That should tell you if there's an error in the image itself, perhaps in the MBR. If it's not in the image, then it's a bug somewhere in qemu. But that should get you started. Wesley Parish Quoting Leah Cunningham : > This probably isn't exactly the right question for a development > mailing > list, but the user-forumns did not seem to exist, so I hope you will > forgive me or tell me where to ask a question like this. > > I have an image of a Window's 95 hard disk, dd'd directly off the disk > itself. I can mount the image loopback: > > /tmp/win95 on /mnt type vfat (rw,loop=/dev/loop5) > > I do not seem to be able to boot the image with qemu, trying with > various versions, but I have no idea how to proceed with finding out > what is wrong. How can I debug what is happening? Would there be a > boot loader error? > > If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. When I try to boot the image > we hang right after the BIOS says "Booting from hard disk". > > Cheers, > Leah > -- > Leah Cunningham : d416-585-9971x692 : d416-703-5977 : m416-559-6511 > Frauerpower! Co. : www.frauerpower.com : Toronto, ON Canada > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-deve l mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press