A question about qemu
I use qemu rather frequently, using XP in Slackware...
But I also dual boot SW12/XP. Can I run qemu using the windows drive? In other words, instead of using the xp.img file, can I use /dev/hda1? Just curious, not sure if I actually will. I know there are hardware issues, etc, but... |
I may be wrong but I don't think it's possible. I think qemu will only work with an image and its internals need to read/write to the image in certain ways that wouldn't work with a real file system.
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I know its possible, at least with Win2K; I'm doing it. Win2K is in /dev/hda1 & has its own bootloader in the hda MBR. I'm using a modified version of Eric Hamleers script to start it. Here it is:
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Regards, Bill |
I'm thinking the different 'bios' might make XP freak....
But, what the heck...I'll try it. If I toasy my XP install, It deserves it...lol |
Have you tries XEN? It can do that, if the your processor supports virtualisation. The benefit of XEN is that it will be much faster.
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Just trying to keep this on post, not turn it into a "This can do this..." thread. I'm using qemu already to run XP inside of Slackware, and other Slackware "tweaks", and am in no way interested in "the newest, greatest, cutting edge...". qemu works, and I'm sticking to it. The answer, for now, seems to be "Yes, kinda, maybe" I was just wondering if it was possible. I'll try that script later on tonight, see what happens. Now, for the betting portion: I think it will: Toast my XP install because of radically different hardware setups. I'm giving even odds on that... |
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Btw, this can be accomplished with linux as the guest system as well (it is even a little easier since you won’t need to muck around with “hardware profiles”). |
My thought was M$'s "licensing" thing is semi-dependent upon hardware...A change in bios, as a matter of fact, is one of the major things that can make windows say "this is no longer valid".
But, as I said....I don't care. It's more of a philosophical exercise than anything. More of a "Cool" than "need". I can do without windows at all. It's more of a "can I...?" than "Have to...". So I'll try it, probably tomorrow night. I have to be at work in the AM, then after I get home, I'll give it a shot. I'll post the results, and what is lacking. As I stated in the original post, I was just wondering if it was possible... |
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