From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVbHi-00057m-2O for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:43:02 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVbHg-00057a-MJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:43:01 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53833 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVbHg-00057X-He for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:43:00 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:40715) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVbHf-0003Qi-SP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:43:00 -0500 Message-ID: <498CD910.60304@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:42:56 +0100 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Support diskless PC References: <498CB609.5000403@mail.berlios.de> <498CCB95.5030501@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <498CCB95.5030501@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 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 On 07.02.2009 00:45, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Stefan Weil wrote: >> Hello, >> >> there is no reason why Qemu should not be able to emulate >> a diskless PC. This patch allows this configuration >> without tricks like dummy disks. >> > > What circumstance would you run a VM with no disk, without -kernel, > and without -boot n? BIOS/Firmware development. I've never used a disk inside qemu and I use -kernel only twice a year if I change some OS handoff (or MTRR) code. I have to admit I didn't know that -boot existed until you mentioned it in this discussion. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/