From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyFtP-0007En-70 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:30:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyFtN-0007Dy-HW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:30:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyFtN-0007Dr-CH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:30:45 -0400 Received: from [81.29.64.88] (helo=mail.shareable.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FyFtQ-0000Z5-J3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:30:48 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:30:43 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] No useful documentation. Message-ID: <20060705223043.GB29219@mail.shareable.org> References: <1152133046.8295.85.camel@Agape-desktop> <3621.12.168.72.168.1152135247.squirrel@12.168.72.168> <1152134568.8295.97.camel@Agape-desktop> <20060705214643.GB21797@muon.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060705214643.GB21797@muon.de> 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 Udo 'Robos' Puetz wrote: > -hda file > -hdb file > -hdc file > -hdd file > Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (see section 3.6 Disk Images). > -cdrom file > Use file as CD-ROM image (you cannot use -hdc' and and -cdrom' at the same > time). You can use the host CD-ROM by using /dev/cdrom' as filename. > -boot [a|c|d] > Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d). Hard disk boot is the > default. > > That's in the first quarter of a medium long page and not really much > technical gibberish before that. What more does a thinking man need? > I *guess* you, daniel, would have liked something where you had it all > pre-chewed so that you don't have to read. No, I'm guessing that concepts like "use file as a hard disk image" and "use file as CD-ROM image" and "boot on floppy/disk/CD-ROM (does that mean the _real_ floppy etc.?)" are alien to him, just as much as they are second nature to us. He just wants to run Windows apps, remember; his interest in virtual machines probably isn't even slightly technical. > but keep myself from insulting people who work for free and in their > free time!! Indeed, the first post started with an insult and ended with a one-sided demand "write this for me". That's not on, from someone who isn't paying, to _tell_ people to give up their personal time for free. -- Jamie