From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Isx9F-0003FG-Kg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:06:01 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Isx9D-0003CF-Kj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:06:00 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Isx9D-0003Bx-8z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:05:59 -0500 Received: from dns4.go-now.at ([62.99.220.146] helo=mailbox.go-now.at) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Isww0-0005Mb-1z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:52:20 -0500 Received: from linux.lan M2474P018.adsl.highway.telekom.at (authenticated user pg@futureware.at) by mailbox.go-now.at (MDaemon.PRO.v6.8.5.R) with ESMTP id 17-md50000000009.tmp for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:34:48 +0100 From: Philipp =?utf-8?q?G=C3=BChring?= Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Hardware virtualization with QEMU Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:34:45 +0100 References: <473D02B6.6090902@mmri.us> In-Reply-To: <473D02B6.6090902@mmri.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711160934.46462.pg@futureware.at> 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 Hi, > My questions are as follows: > 1) I know -hdc and -cdrom cannot be called at the same time, but i have > no luck getting an image to be mounted with -hdb or -hdd.=20 =46or -cdrom you need ISO images. =46or -hd[a-d] you need harddisk-images, which are done like this dd id=3D/dev/hda of=3Dmyimage.img qemu -hda myimage.img You can=C2=B4t dd a directory. You could mkisofs a directory or you could u= se the=20 Samba sharing to hand over a directory. > The same image=20 > I can successfully mount with -cdrom cannot be mounted with either -hdb > or -hdd,=20 Then it=C2=B4s likely an ISO image, and not a harddisk image. > What's up there. I could not figure out from the manuals if=20 > these should just be dd'ed images a directory or iso? You have to dd a whole harddisk (not just a partition) > 2) Are floppy images restricted to exactly 1.44MB created with dd? I > cannot mount anything with the floppy switches either which is probably > a size constraint I dont meet. I don=C2=B4t know. > 4) What is the attainable USB speed? Full USB-1 ? I think speed is something virtual at that point, but I am not sure. > 5) Are the serial and parallel ports running at native speed without > delays? You will always have delays in full-system emulation systems like Qemu. How= =20 large those are depends on a lot of factors, so you should measure it=20 yourself, I guess. Best regards, Philipp G=C3=BChring