Hi, This patch supports a real hard disk drive by \\.\PhysicalDriveN (N=0,1,2,...) on Windows 2000/XP host. Windows 98/Me are not supported. You can also use slash like //./PhysicalDriveN. You can see a number in Administration Tools in Control Panel. This is not case-sensitive. It is necessary to have an administrative priviledge.This can be used like this.
qemu.exe -L .\bios -hda win2k.img -hdb \\.\PhysicalDrive0
This patch also adds a size information about CD-ROM. It is safe to use it as a read-only. Making a file from guest OS to real hard disk isn't recognized immediately. Rebooting a host OS recognized the file. Making a directory from guest OS breaks a host's file system. There is a case that changes of files in a host OS isn't recognized by a guest OS. Shut down the guest OS, move the file to another directory and boot the guest OS. Then the file is recognized. Windows 98/Me doesn't recognize NTFS file system. When you use Windows XP on NTFS, Windows 98/Me guest can't see host files. If you don't have a multi-boot environment, don't boot from your system hard disk.
qemu.exe -L .\bios -hda \\.\PhysicalDrive0
It will break your host OS. Regards, Kazu
qemu-0.7.2-hd.patch
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