From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LjhIt-0001pa-Ah for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LjhIs-0001pG-NZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:30 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56033 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LjhIs-0001pD-JE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:30 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]:44876) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LjhIs-0004Mh-67 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:58:30 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so23305fga.8 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:58:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:58:28 +0100 Message-ID: <68676e00903171458u28d74bbfx6ce333b0b19f5da6@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] XP guest specifics From: Luca Tettamanti Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: chef11994@sbcglobal.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Allen Meyers wrote: > While instructions below are as specific as I have encountered would > appreciate someone helping a 77 year old with comprehension challenges. I > have a dual boot Debian Lenny and Ubuntu 8.10 no windows, but a legal disk > XP. > > Install QEMU: > apt-get install qemu The terminal command is self explanatory Yes, this will install qemu and its dependencies. > Create a (resizable) image which will hold Windows XP. The installer chokes > if the image is smaller than 1.2 GB or so, but that's not too much of a > problem; the "qcow" image format will only take up as much space as is > really needed, so the image will be very small in the beginning (not 1.2 GB > big!). > qemu-img create -f qcow /path/to/xp.cow 1300M > I need specifics here is this the second terminal command? Not really, any terminal will do - after you have installed qemu of course ;-) 1.3G seems a bit small though, especially if you want to actually install something on WinXP. I'd go for at least 10G: qemu-img create -f qcow /path/to/xp.cow 10G > Insert the install CD, and install Windows in the QEMU image: > qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 384 -localtime > I assume this is path or location within the image the terminal command > created, but when CD is inserted is it directed there or what is it I must > do? /dev/cdrom is usually a link to (block device of) the first optical unit in the system, so you just insert the disk in the first drive and it should work fine. > Wait. > After the install has finished, shut down the QEMU/Windows; from now on you > can boot it (without having to insert the CD anymore) with: > qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot c -m 384 -localtime -k de -usb Note here "-k de", it sets the keyboard layout to German (which might not be what you want). Luca PS: Please do *not* send HTML mails.