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From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:49:41 +0100
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> one more question on this theme.  How do I know when the guest OS has
> finished booting?  The reason I ask is I am planning on using ssh to
> perform various operations on the guest OS once it's up.

Just like a real machine, you don't. You need to configure the guest to tell 
the host when it's ready, or just keep trying until it succeeds.

Paul