[Qemu-devel] Re QuickStartGuide on QEMU Wiki

[Qemu-devel] Re QuickStartGuide on QEMU Wiki

[Andrew Malcolmson]

Here is a super short addition you might want to add to the
QuickStartGuide page, stolen from someone's posting in the Forums.  Feel
free to edit as I am a newbie here myself.  Sorry I couldn't properly
respond to the original post in this thread but I've just joined the
list.


== Linux Guest on Linux Host ==

Create an empty 3 GB image file. You will be installing into this:

{{{
qemu-img create mylinux.raw 3G
}}}

Install from a downloaded iso file:

{{{
qemu -hda mylinux.raw -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d -net user -m 256
}}}

Run the installation:

{{{
qemu -hda mylinux.raw -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot c -net user -m 256
}}}
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Andrew Malcolmson

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re QuickStartGuide on QEMU Wiki

[Paul Brook]

> qemu -hda mylinux.raw -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d -net user -m 256

This is wrong. "-net user" by itself won't give you a working network. You 
need to specify "-net nic -net user" (this is the default if no -net options 
are given).

Paul

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re QuickStartGuide on QEMU Wiki

[Dirk Behme]

Andrew Malcolmson wrote:
> Here is a super short addition you might want to add to the
> QuickStartGuide page,

A Wiki is something anybody can add improvements himself ;)

> Create an empty 3 GB image file. You will be installing into this:

a)

> {{{
> qemu-img create mylinux.raw 3G
> }}}

b)

> Install from a downloaded iso file:
> 
> {{{
> qemu -hda mylinux.raw -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d -net user -m 256
> }}}

c)

> Run the installation:
> 
> {{{
> qemu -hda mylinux.raw -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot c -net user -m 256
> }}}

Mmh, sorry, but I didn't get the point here. What is the key 
difference between the things above and

- your step (a) and QuickStartGuide step 2: creation of 
blank disk image:

qemu-img create -f qcow c.img 3G

- your step (b) and QuickStartGuide step 3b: suppose you 
have an install iso image, called my_os_install.iso. Then run:

qemu -cdrom my_os_install.iso -hda c.img -m 256 -boot d

already in QuickStartGuide?

Your step (c) is an extension of QuickStartGuide's "qemu 
-hda c.img -m 256" which I think can be done by anybody who 
understands the basics of QuickStartGuide on his own.

Let us keep the QuickStartGuide simple and easy and don't 
explain every possible variant. For this anybody can use

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html

Regards

Dirk