QEMU Question

Pitchu · Post by **Pitchu** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:24 am

Hi
I accepted advice of Combuster and decided to use Qemu, but faced certain problems :
(Using Windows version)

1. How can i make Qemu to boot a Real-Physical Hard Disk?
I tried -boot option but failed.

2. Is Qemu-img.exe used to create disk images? If yes, how can I use it to create hard disk image when I only have loader complete right now?

(I did search wiki and qemu doc, but couldnt get relevant info)

narke · Post by **narke** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:47 am

To create disk images you have :
http://www.osdev.org/osfaq2/index.php/D ... er%20Linux

Other questions might be answered at:
http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/user-doc.html

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:11 am

Try setting the PATH environmant variable to the qemu directory

Pitchu · Post by **Pitchu** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:26 am

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am using Windows.

How can I create image of hard disk using qemu-img.exe with only one file in it which is my second stage bootloader?
I am not able to get nuts and bolts of it from its help.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:42 am

Use WinImage, It will allow you to generate floppy images and inject files into them.

You could also use FileDisk which comes with WinImage to emulate Floppy Drives from Floppy Images

Pitchu · Post by **Pitchu** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:31 am

Thnx
Does these support Hard Disks or not?
If no, please suggest one.