Re: qemu disk images -- resolved

2007-03-05 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Ok. I figured out how to resolve the problem, but through a work-around. One main difference was I had to use qemu-img instead of dd to create the disk images. The other was during the guest system install to make logical partitions *not* primary partitions. qemu-img create -f qcow d4.debian.

Re: qemu disk images

2007-03-05 Thread Lars D . Noodén
How do you start qemu AFTER the install is completed? Something like this? qemu -k fi -hda debian.ext2.dmg -hdb debian.swap.dmg I can't get that far: It's not possible to complete the installation because the drives used in -hda -hdb cannot be partitioned or mounted by the installtio

Re: qemu disk images

2007-03-04 Thread Frank Bax
At 03:16 PM 3/4/07, Lars D. NoodC)n wrote: I can boot a variety of installer CDs (xubuntu and debian) and get the same problem. Here is how I am firing up qemu: qemu -k fi -cdrom debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso -boot d \ -hda debian.ext2.dmg-hdb debian.swap.dmg However, the

qemu disk images

2007-03-04 Thread Lars D . Noodén
How can I create disk images that I can use in qemu on OpenBSD to install debian as a guest system? I've got qemu installed on openbsd and have been trying to install some guest systems but there is difficulty mounting any of the disk images. The installation process seems to progess nicely, r