From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BX1pT-0003GS-8o for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:53:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BX1pS-0003GG-Q7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:53:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BX1pS-0003G6-P1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:53:06 -0400 Received: from [66.111.4.26] (helo=out2.smtp.messagingengine.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BX1oi-0000Te-6C for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:52:20 -0400 Received: from silentsoftware.co.uk (host81-7-62-227.surfport24.v21.co.uk [81.7.62.227]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58DA5C04DA8 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 13:52:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40C359CF.4050305@silentsoftware.co.uk> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 18:52:15 +0100 From: Benjamin Brown MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Booting from CD Rom - finicky? References: <40C3574A.2020901@silentsoftware.co.uk> <200406061944.33924.trunks-carracho@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: <200406061944.33924.trunks-carracho@planet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 It can boot from images - thats how I managed to install some client OS. It can actually boot from floppy if I specify -fda /dev/sda and -boot a . (I have a USB floppy). Thanks, Benjamin Sander Nagtegaal wrote: >And if you make a disc image ( ISO ) of the cdrom? Does it then stil fail? > >Op zondag 6 juni 2004 19:41, schreef Benjamin Brown: > > >>Hi all, >> >>I've installed QEMU 5.5 on Mandrake 10.0 and Windows XP and although >>both recognise my CDRom drives after starting a client OS I can't get >>them to boot from auto starting CDs (i.e. Windows 98 install cd). >> >>To start it under linux I use (windows98.img is an empty 2GB file): >> >>qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda /opt/qemu/windows98.img >> >>I'm unsure of the parameters for windows so I've tried: >> >>qemu.exe --boot d --cdrom "E:\" --hda "C:\windows98.img" >> >>I've had no success :( >> >>Any help greatly appreciated, >> >>Benjamin >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Qemu-devel mailing list >>Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >>http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Qemu-devel mailing list >Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > >