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Subject: [Qemu-devel] [5061] PC: suggest a workaround to boot a kernel
	without hard-disk
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Revision: 5061
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5061
Author:   aurel32
Date:     2008-08-21 22:52:22 +0000 (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

Log Message:
-----------
PC: suggest a workaround to boot a kernel without hard-disk

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>

Modified Paths:
--------------
    trunk/hw/pc.c

Modified: trunk/hw/pc.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/hw/pc.c	2008-08-21 22:40:00 UTC (rev 5060)
+++ trunk/hw/pc.c	2008-08-21 22:52:22 UTC (rev 5061)
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
     hda = drive_get_index(IF_IDE, 0, 0);
     if (hda == -1) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "A disk image must be given for 'hda' when booting "
-		"a Linux kernel\n");
+		"a Linux kernel\n(if you really don't want it, use /dev/zero)\n");
 	exit(1);
     }