From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C0pLJ-0006MQ-F6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:37:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C0pLF-0006ME-SR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:37:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C0pLF-0006MB-RE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:37:05 -0400 Received: from [129.104.30.34] (helo=a.mx.polytechnique.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0pGN-0005ab-2D for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:32:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by djali.m4x.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92351331B7 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:32:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from djali.m4x.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (djali [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 04586-10 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:32:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bellard.org (nas-cbv-9-213-228-45-64.dial.proxad.net [213.228.45.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ssl.polytechnique.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238323319B for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:32:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <412FB67B.4070705@bellard.org> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:32:27 +0200 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Cloop-Driver, was Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU with KNOPPIX References: <20040827083510.18864.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 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 I'll merge your cloop patch ASAP. Fabrice. Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > >>On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Piotr Krysik wrote: >> >>>It can work in Windows, if you implement support >>>of cloop-compatible image format in Qemu executable. >>> >>>Just look at qcow compressed image format. Qemu >>>doesn't require any additional services from host >>>OS. The decompression is implemented by Qemu and >>>is transparent for guest. >> >>Hint: for space reasons, the cloop image is an ISO9660 formatted Linux >>system, so you probably have to have an ISO9660 enabled (not module) >>kernel, and you probably have to specify the kernel separately via >>"-kernel", as the cloop image (at least to my knowledge) does not contain >>a valid boot loader. > > > Okay, so I hacked together a driver which is able to read at least the > newest Knoppix image (from 3.6EN). > > Only problem: When you start it with > > qemu -hda /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX \ > -kernel /cdrom/boot/isolinux/linux24 \ > -initrd /cdrom/boot/isolinux/minirt24.gz \ > -append root=/dev/hda > > Knoppix believes it runs from the HD (installed version) and does not > recreate /etc/fstab, and then just stops. > > Any Knoppix hackers out there? Maybe one can trick Knoppix into recreating > all these files nontheless? > > Ciao, > Dscho > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel