From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXnzg-0000h2-Ru for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:18:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BXnzf-0000ek-44 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:18:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BXnze-0000eN-VU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:18:51 -0400 Received: from [66.111.4.26] (helo=out2.smtp.messagingengine.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BXnyN-0003Dp-Ph for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:17:31 -0400 Received: from silentsoftware.co.uk (host81-7-53-70.surfport24.v21.co.uk [81.7.53.70]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F18A9C064EE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:17:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40C62CDF.2050009@silentsoftware.co.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 22:17:19 +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> <40C359CF.4050305@silentsoftware.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <40C359CF.4050305@silentsoftware.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; 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 Does the boot from cd option only work for images or is it supposed to boot from an actual CD Rom? Thanks, Benjamin Benjamin Brown wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel