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[kvm-devel] Using -kernel .. with -drive ...

[Damjan <gd...@ma...>]

If I try
  $ qemu -kernel minimal-kernel -drive file=jeos-devel.img,if=virtio
I get the following error:
  A disk image must be given for 'hda' when booting a Linux kernel
is this neccesseary?



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Re: [kvm-devel] Using -kernel .. with -drive ...

[Damjan <gd...@ma...>]

> > If I try
> >   $ qemu -kernel minimal-kernel -drive file=jeos-devel.img,if=virtio
> > I get the following error:
> >   A disk image must be given for 'hda' when booting a Linux kernel
> > is this neccesseary?

> Hi, i don't know if it is always needed (I saw some patches to avoid
> that) but you can use:
> 
> qemu -kernel minimal-kernel -drive file=jeos-devel.img,if=virtio -hda /dev/zero

cool that works, thanks


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Re: [kvm-devel] Using -kernel .. with -drive ...

[Nguyen A. Q. <aq...@gm...>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Damjan <gd...@ma...> wrote:
> > > If I try
>  > >   $ qemu -kernel minimal-kernel -drive file=jeos-devel.img,if=virtio
>  > > I get the following error:
>  > >   A disk image must be given for 'hda' when booting a Linux kernel
>  > > is this neccesseary?
>
>  > Hi, i don't know if it is always needed (I saw some patches to avoid
>  > that) but you can use:
>  >
>  > qemu -kernel minimal-kernel -drive file=jeos-devel.img,if=virtio -hda /dev/zero
>
>  cool that works, thanks

Try the linuxboot option ROM, and you might not need the trick "-hda /dev/zero"

Thanks,
Q