Re: [coLinux-users] Is there any way to boot the .img file of colinux by another virtualization software?

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Hello,

coLinux image files have no partion sectors. That means coLinux is a raw
copy from single partition of disk, like "/dev/sda1".
Qemu uses raw disk image from whole disk, partition table sectors plus
data sectors, like "/dev/sda".

To use a coLinux image you need to add some sectors on top fot partion
table informations (32256 bytes, as I ave seen in Qemu wiki
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Images#Mounting_an_image_on_the_host).

Henry

Nabi K.A.Z. wrote:
> I have a CentOS on a .img file, I try run it with QEMU, but get me
> this error:
> Boot from Hard Disk 0 failed
> FATAL: Not a bootable disk
>
> Please help me.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Paolo Minazzi <pao...@gm...
> <mailto:pao...@gm...>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, a filesystem can be used for other virtualization programs.
>     The only problem are the kernel modules that have to be related to
>     your new real kernel, not related to colinux kernel.
>     Paolo
>
>     On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Shao Miller <sha...@gm...
>     <mailto:sha...@gm...>> wrote:
>     > As far as I know, it's simply a filesystem image, so yes, it can
>     be booted
>     > by using QEmu + Syslinux, for example.  The kernel will have to be a
>     > non-coLinux kernel (try to match the coLinux kernel version as
>     closely as
>     > possible) and any coLinux-specific drivers (or kernel modules)
>     could not be
>     > expected to make sense in such an environment.  I'm pretty sure I
>     > "dual-booted" the coLinux Fedora in this way.  - Shao
>     >
>     > ________________________________________
>     > From: Nabi K.A.Z. [mailto:na...@gm...
>     <mailto:na...@gm...>]
>     > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 10:18
>     > To: col...@li...
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>     > Subject: [coLinux-users] Is there any way to boot the .img file
>     of colinux
>     > by another virtualization software?
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     > Is there any way to boot the .img file of colinux by another
>     virtualization
>     > software?
>     >
>     >
>     >
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