From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CToxi-0003z4-2h for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:04:38 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CToxh-0003yw-R9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:04:37 -0500 Received: from [129.104.30.34] (helo=mx1.polytechnique.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CToo1-0006eL-1S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:54:37 -0500 Message-ID: <419925A5.50307@bellard.org> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:54:45 +0100 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Using Qemu to install Linux in a Windows XP References: <8065327220681899303@unknownmsgid> 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: Brett Bonfield , qemu-devel@nongnu.org > [...] > But now that I''ve made this decision, I still don't know the best way > to proceed. It seems I could use dd for Win32, but those who know Qemu > best seem to think this is a bad idea. I could use mkqemuimage.exe or > qemu-img.exe or Make-a-file.exe, some of them through QemuMenu.bat, > but I don't know which one makes the most sense for my needs and I > can't find documentation on any of them. Plus, I still don't know how > to make sure that when I install Linux I can be sure it's not damaging > my host OS (I realize this is addressed in the FreeOSZoo FAQ, but the > answer doesn't seem to be about disk images that allow program like > apt-get to install software on a virtual image). > > If I can get all this straightened out in my head I'd be happy to help > with documentation... I just need to be able to test first. Sorry. I am updating the documentation. Fabrice.