At Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:56:46 +0100, Peter Littmann wrote: > Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Februar 2014 um 15:49 Uhr > Von: "Richard Lewis" <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [Qemu-discuss] Can't boot Debian netinst ISO > > > I'm very new to QEMU. I have verion 1.1.2 from Debian stable > > installed. I'm logged into the guest system via SSH. > > > > I'm trying to create a VM on which to install Debian. This is what > > I've done: > > > > $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 debian-image.qcow 2G > > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda debian-image.qcow -cdrom > > debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -m 512 -curses > > If you want to use a netinstall you would have to define a bridged > net- and tap-device as I understand, cause it can' connect to the > net direct for pulling the packages.
Yes, I'm anticipating that this will be necessary. But at the moment I haven't even got the ISO to boot. Are you suggesting that it's not booting because it has no NIC? Richard
