From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctc9C-00024h-KB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:39:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctc2W-0000YT-DU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:32:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctc2S-0000OX-O8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:32:08 -0500 Received: from [64.233.184.200] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CtbTU-0006Nj-1v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:56:00 -0500 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so293915wra for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:55:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <79bf98480501251655d9c017e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:55:58 -0800 From: Mike Swanson Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Boot Sequence In-Reply-To: <20050126003824.GA11510@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <45768.64.244.234.131.1106690166.squirrel@64.244.234.131> <20050126003824.GA11510@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> Reply-To: Mike Swanson , 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 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 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qemu-devel mailing list > > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > > > > -- > Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. > Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >