Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Brad Watson
I've used both -hda /dev/sda and -hdc /dev/sda for booting from and just accessing a flashdrive respectively on linux. Probably -hdc \\.\E: would work for accessing the flashdrive from qemu running on MS Regards, Brad Watson __

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Mark Williamson
> Mark Williamson wrote: > > If only one machine (host or guest) has mounted the device then it should > > always be safe to do this. You may get away with read only mounting in > > one and writing in the other but it's not a reliable solution. Never > > allow more than one writer to the filesyst

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Paul Brook
> one more question on this theme. How do I know when the guest OS has > finished booting? The reason I ask is I am planning on using ssh to > perform various operations on the guest OS once it's up. Just like a real machine, you don't. You need to configure the guest to tell the host when it's

[Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Mark Williamson wrote: If only one machine (host or guest) has mounted the device then it should always be safe to do this. You may get away with read only mounting in one and writing in the other but it's not a reliable solution. Never allow more than one writer to the filesystem - this does