From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bnj3t-0000Gl-Nk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:17:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bnj3s-0000G4-IM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:17:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bnj3s-0000Fu-AU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:17:00 -0400 Received: from [64.233.170.192] (helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bnj0i-0007jU-TD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:13:45 -0400 Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id d78so108732rnf for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2ad73a04072212135414fc9c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:13:43 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Braga?= Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: winblows 2k on OSX? In-Reply-To: <9BA6139A-DC12-11D8-99A1-000A9585A104@cordney.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <20040722180352.GA47848@monsterjam.org> <877jsvq4s7.fsf@benpfaff.org> <20040722183909.GB47848@monsterjam.org> <9BA6139A-DC12-11D8-99A1-000A9585A104@cordney.com> Reply-To: meianoite@meianoite.org, 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 I tried running a CD straight from the block device node and it failed *every time*, irregardless of the permissions or the user I tried running QEMU from. So I'd say you can't do it, as simple as that (but I haven't tried booting straight as the root user on OS X; that might work but I seriously doubt it). Images always work, though. Andr=E9 On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:09:08 +0200, Ren=E9 Korthaus = wrote: >=20 > Am 22.07.2004 um 20:39 schrieb Jason: >=20 > > well, I was using that actually, but I just wanted to doublecheck.. > > I created a blank image file, and when I run that, I get > > > > mybox:~/qemu_images root# /opt/local/bin/qemu win2k.img -cdrom > > /dev/disk1s0 -boot d > > /dev/disk1s0: Device busy > > qemu: could not open hard disk image '/dev/disk1s0 > > mybox:~/qemu_images root# > > > > thats after I ejected, re-inserted the win2k cdrom. Im not sure why > > its busy, > > but Im sure that /dev/disk1s0 is the CDROM on OSX. >=20 > I tried booting qnx 6.2.1 with -cdrom /dev/disk1 on ibook (got device > name out of system profiler) and cdrom mounted in finder. Could not > access cd0 from qnx, but unmounting the cdrom drive by the finder did > not eject it also!! So i guess it was used by qnx now. All of your > variants with -cdrom /dev/disk xy resulted in "could not open hard disk > image....", but booting with /dev/disk1 worked til "could not read boot > disk" by bios-screen. I cannot try this with a bootable cd, because i > justed moved and cannot find my w98 and w2k cds. But i will have a look > and post.... >=20 > > > > regards, > > Jason > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:24:08AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> Jason writes: > >> > >>> a friend just turned me onto the qemu and I have it installed on my > >>> powerbook > >>> running OSX. Ive run the sample linux and dos images, but how would > >>> I go about > >>> installing win2k from CD? > >> > >> Create a disk image, e.g. w2k.img, then boot Windows 2k from the > >> CD, e.g.: > >> qemu w2k.img -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d > >> I don't know what the name of the OS X CD-ROM device is; the > >> above assumes /dev/cdrom. > >> > >> After install finishes, you should be able to boot directly from > >> the disk image, e.g. > >> qemu w2k.img --=20 "Physics is not a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money" -Leon Lenderman