Re: [Qemu-devel] Hardware Detection in Qemu

2007-07-09 Thread Michael Fisher
Thanks...I am working with a couple of distros I want to modify so they will boot faster on QEMU and also utilize persistence. Customizing the /etc/init.d/* scripts will be my next step. On 7/9/07, Christian MICHON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/8/07, Michael Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Qemu-devel] Hardware Detection in Qemu

2007-07-08 Thread Michael Fisher
I have run various live Linux CD distributions (Knoppix, DSL, Ubuntu, etc.) under QEMU and was wondering if there is really a need to run the various hardware detection scripts in the live CDs? Obviously, a script for getting an IP address is needed but if I know I am running the distro under QEMU

[Qemu-devel] Building a Linux Distro

2006-09-02 Thread Michael Fisher
I want to know if the following idea is impossible, possible or just crazy. I want to create a distro small Linux distro that will boot as a Qemu guest as quickly as possible. I realize that the time it takes to boot, open apps, etc is based on host OS, CPU, memory, etc. What I am wondering is wo

[Qemu-devel] Monitor

2006-07-15 Thread Michael Fisher
1. Can the commands (i.e. sendkeys, savevm, loadvm) be initiated from within the guest OS? If so, can you give me an example? 2. When executing 'savevm' can it be saved to a virtual disk? Thanks, desNotes ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongn

[Qemu-devel] Monitor Command

2006-07-15 Thread Michael Fisher
I have a couple of questions regarding commands as part of the Qemu monitor: 1. Can the commands (i.e. sendkeys, savevm, loadvm) be initiated from within the guest OS? If so, can you give me an example? 2. When executing 'savevm' can it be saved to a virtual disk? Thanks, desNotes __

[Qemu-devel] Receiving error during QEMU start-up

2006-03-17 Thread Michael Fisher
I have several versions and instances of QEMU in various directories. mainly I run Linux distros on top of my host XP computer for testing before putting them on USB pendrives. A few days ago I started receiving the following error message whenever I try to run QEMU: Could not initialize SDL

Re: [Qemu-devel] Any binary distributions for QEMU 0.8.0 for Windows?

2006-02-18 Thread Michael Fisher
You can download the qemu 0.8.0 binary for Windows at: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/ On 2/17/06, Bogdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The binary distribution for the linux-i386 is available for download on the > QEMU homepage. However, to get the Windows(DOS)-i386 version, one must > downlo

Re: [Qemu-devel] Crash on fullscreen implementation

2006-02-07 Thread Michael Fisher
52...but some days I feel much older :-) On 2/7/06, wangji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 February 2006 23:34, Michael Fisher wrote: > > My apologies...I was sure I had checked 0.8.0 when it came out and > > verifed the crashing at full-screen but apparently old a

Re: [Qemu-devel] Crash on fullscreen implementation

2006-02-06 Thread Michael Fisher
Feb 2006, Michael Fisher wrote: > > > I am using Qemu to boot various Linux distro's on Windows & Linux hosts. I > > am noticing that the last two released versions (0.7.2 & 0.8.0) crash when > > pressing Ctrl-Alt-F for fullscreen. Version 0.7.0 appears to not ha

[Qemu-devel] Crash on fullscreen implementation

2006-02-06 Thread Michael Fisher
I am using Qemu to boot various Linux distro's on Windows & Linux hosts. I am noticing that the last two released versions (0.7.2 & 0.8.0) crash when pressing Ctrl-Alt-F for fullscreen. Version 0.7.0 appears to not have this problem. Is anyone else seeing this? am I missing something?thanks,desNot

[Qemu-devel] Mac as Host

2006-01-14 Thread Michael Fisher
I am wondering if Apple's switch over to Intel will make it easier or harder to use a Mac as host using qemu? Also, what about the Mac OS's as guest?Any thought?desNotes ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu 0.8.0 and -initrd option

2005-12-29 Thread Michael Fisher
I have used 0.7.2 using -initrd with windows as the host and DSL as the guest and it appears to be working fine (as well as 0.7.0). Here is an example:START qemu\qemu_072.exe -L qemu/ -enable-audio -localtime -kernel linux24 -initrd minirt24.gz -hda KNOPPIX/knoppix -hdb qemu/harddisk -append "qemu