* [Qemu-devel] wishlist: new image format
@ 2004-11-23 9:30 Thomas Sattler
2004-11-23 12:20 ` Paul Brook
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Sattler @ 2004-11-23 9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Hi there ...
Would it be possible to support squashfs images? I know a squashfs
enabled kernel within the image is needed, but it will not be enough,
qemu needs to know how to handle/boot this image. Right?
squashfs is a readonly, highly compressed filesystem. As it is readonly,
the "snapshot" option would be implicit. I have several images of
formerly used maschines which could be easily virtualizes via qemu.
For more information see http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/
Thomas
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] wishlist: new image format
2004-11-23 9:30 [Qemu-devel] wishlist: new image format Thomas Sattler
@ 2004-11-23 12:20 ` Paul Brook
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Paul Brook @ 2004-11-23 12:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 09:30, Thomas Sattler wrote:
> Hi there ...
>
> Would it be possible to support squashfs images? I know a squashfs
> enabled kernel within the image is needed, but it will not be enough,
> qemu needs to know how to handle/boot this image. Right?
No. qemu doesn't care what filesystem you use on the image.
Qemu just emulates the harddrive. Filesystem management is up to the guest
operating system, just like a real machine. To boot from a squashfs partition
you'll need a bootloader capable of reading squashfs, again just like a real
machine.
Paul
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2004-11-23 12:30 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2004-11-23 9:30 [Qemu-devel] wishlist: new image format Thomas Sattler
2004-11-23 12:20 ` Paul Brook
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).