http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html#sec_005finvocation contains, "`-fda file' ... You can use the host floppy by using `/dev/fd0' as filename ..."
Therefore take any diskette which the bare PC can boot from and try to boot the virtual machine from it. Here fd0 twitches; then an error. peter@armada:~$ sudo qemu-system-i386 -fda /dev/fd0 -vga std -boot a qemu-system-i386: -fda /dev/fd0: could not open disk image /dev/fd0: Input/output error I/o error? Certainly it is read/writable. peter@armada:~$ ls -l /dev/fd0 brw-rw---T 1 root floppy 2, 0 Nov 17 16:44 /dev/fd0 Can anyone make the virtual machine boot from a real boot diskette? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://carnot.yi.org/ Bcc: peter at easthope. ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/E1Xqufo-0000oU-NN@armada.invalid