From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CnlqE-0000KK-Ka for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:47:22 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CnlqD-0000Ja-Vm for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:47:22 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CnlqD-0000JW-QM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:47:21 -0500 Received: from [38.113.3.71] (helo=smtp-out.hotpop.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CnlNi-0006DJ-K0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:17:54 -0500 Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 412B61336B3A for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:17:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (pcp03144805pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net [68.59.228.236]) by smtp-3.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B347613264C3 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:17:07 -0500 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Can't extract image using 7-zip Message-ID: <20050109221707.GA14913@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <41E1A9DE.8050008@orcon.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41E1A9DE.8050008@orcon.net.nz> 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 On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:02:06AM +1300, Ed wrote: > Hello. Bit of a newbie question I'm afraid, but I've spent hours trying > to figure this Qemu thing out! > > I have been trying to mount the Mandrake 10.1 FreeOSZoo image onto Qemu > 0.6.1 under Windows XP. My basic problem is that once I extract the > .tar.bz2 to make it .tar, using 7zip, I can't then repeat > the process to get the final .img file that I seem to require in > order to fire it up in Qemu. Is there a simple solution to this? 7zip > just tells me that the .tar file is not a valid archive. Did you try using /bin/tar ? > > I've also had trouble getting Qemu to launch properly using, for > example, a Knoppix .iso image. Like I say, I've spent ages trying to get > to grips with the Qemu information that is around the place, so does > anybody know of a good place for me to start looking for some simple > newbie guidance? 2 places: the Qemu User forum (http://www.dad-answers.com/qemu/) and the Qemu Mailing list archives. > > Many thanks, in advance. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.