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Here is how IanMcDonald is getting qemu running Linux.

Create a disk image like:
<verbatim>
qemu-img create file1.img 5G
</verbatim>
which creates an image of 5 Gigabyte.

Start qemu as follows:
<verbatim>
qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom  -hda hd.img
</verbatim>

Install the operating system. And then start qemu as below:
<verbatim>
qemu -hda hd.img -boot c
</verbatim>

However this created problems getting files in and out so better to create a loopback file system. For more on this see UserModeLinux.

!!Qemu and networking
Qemu can present a network device to the guest operating system via tuntap.%%%
You should boot it like:
<verbatim>
qemu -boot c -hda hd.img -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=/path/to/tunconfig
</verbatim>

the file tunconfig should contain something like:
<verbatim>
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/ifconfig ${1##/*/} 192.168.1.1
</verbatim>

The above command appears to create an NE2K device at address 0xc100, irq 10.

!! Hardware information
Qemu has a built in console which you can use to get system information.%%%
To access the console, use Ctrl-Alt-2

Some commands that may be useful:
<verbatim>
 show pci
 show network
</verbatim>

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Last edited on Sunday, October 8, 2006 7:47:04 pm by AlastairPorter

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