* On 2014 18 Nov 20:49 -0600, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > 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
It is rw only for the root user and members of the floppy group. Is peter a member of the floppy group? Use the 'group' command to find out. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- 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/20141119032606.ga2...@n0nb.us
