On Friday 25 May 2007 09:58, Sid Boyce wrote: Hi,
I just got around to trying kvm. I created a 40 Gig HD (/dev/hda). # qemu-img create -f qcow /Mandriva.qcow 40G
Next booted from the Mandriva DVD iso # qemu -cdrom /ISO/mandriva-linux-2007-spring-pwp-dvd-i586.iso -boot d /Mandriva.qcow
Install proceeded in the usual way, partitioning /dev/hda, formatting the partitions, etc. through to online updates. Automic reboot failed so boot had to be done manually via "qemu /Mandriva.qcow", it even starts the virtualbox daemon. It's a bit slow loading KDE, the default qemu CPU reported as a P-II 3Ghz/128Meg memory, real CPU is AM2 6000+ with 4Gig memory. Next boot I shall try setting SMP and 1 Gig memory to see the difference. Better still, I shall try a 64-bit distro instead.
I've just tried to do the same on 10.3a4 x86_x64. I created testvm.qcow (20GB) OK but then couldn't execute the next step.. # qemu -sda /home/kg/Desktop/openSUSE-10.3Alpha4-DVD-x86_64.iso -boot d qemu: invalid option -- '-sda' Note both my HDD and DVD-ROM (Burner) are SATA II devices. Does qemu support SATA for both HDD and CDROM? I've scanned both the qemu-doc.html and the qemu man page but couldn't see anything about SATA drives or cdroms. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org