From: Mike Swanson <mikeonthecomputer@gmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Boot Sequence
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:55:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79bf98480501251655d9c017e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050126003824.GA11510@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org>
It would be useful with installing the older NTs (the ones that
required floppy disks) and Windows 9x/Me (where you generally have to
go through a few disks for partitioning and formatting and then
booting into DOS and then running setup).
I see advantages to this boot sequence aproach, not useless bloat.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:38:24 -0500, Jim C. Brown <jbrown106@phreaker.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:56:06PM -0600, Lee wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Just wanted to through to the developers another great idea for qemu.
> >
> > it is the ability to list a boot-device sequence.
> >
> > I have in my mind something like this:
> >
> > -boot a,c,d
> > -boot d,c
> > ...
> >
> >
>
> What would be the point? It shouldn't be difficult to do, but I don't see how
> it would be useful ... you'd still need to specify the boot device itself via
> the command line as well. The only real use I can see is thru the monitor (I'm
> thinking system_reset here).
>
> >
> > --
> > Lee
> > linuxtwidler@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
> --
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> Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-26 1:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-25 21:56 [Qemu-devel] Boot Sequence Lee
2005-01-25 22:24 ` Magnus Damm
2005-01-26 0:38 ` Jim C. Brown
2005-01-26 0:55 ` Mike Swanson [this message]
2005-01-26 1:34 ` Jim C. Brown
2005-01-26 10:13 ` Magnus Damm
2005-01-26 1:03 ` Johannes Schindelin
2005-01-26 6:17 ` Lee
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