From: Tim <tim-qemu@sentinelchicken.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] installing a boot loader into the disk images
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:25:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040911142553.GA2577@sentinelchicken.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409111456.42032.elcuco@kdemail.net>
> I found some nice utilities to make a HD image from a a dir, and another one
> for mounting the image on the host, however they are not enough. I need a way
> to partition the HD image, and decide which partition will be (ext3 or swap
> for example), and most importat: I need to install from the host a boot
> loader on the HD image.
>
> The last one is really tricky since last time I tried, lilo did not want to
> use a file, but it insisted on a real device. I did not try grub yet.
Well, you can always boot the blank image in conjunction with a boot
floppy/cd and just do a normal install.
On the other hand, if you are really really wanting to do it from the
host OS, I have found this link handy:
http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/288.html#grub
hth,
tim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-11 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-11 11:56 [Qemu-devel] installing a boot loader into the disk images Diego Iastrubni
2004-09-11 13:18 ` Mark A. Williamson
2004-09-11 14:44 ` Diego Iastrubni
2004-09-11 15:11 ` Mark A. Williamson
2004-09-11 18:06 ` Magnus Damm
2004-09-11 19:55 ` Marcello 'R.D.O.' Magnifico
2004-09-11 14:25 ` Tim [this message]
2004-09-12 6:56 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander E. Patrakov
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