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I decided to see if I could run the two-floppy version of BL in qemu.  I 
setup the BAT file to see the disk1.img as the -fda floppy image, the disk2 
dataset as the -hda hard disk image.  I can't seem to get around the function 
that asks me to swap floppy disk one and floppy two.  I then took the -hda 
param off and tried exiting to the qemu monitor and using the change fda 
command but that didn't work either.  Is there a way to do this?
     
   
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From: t.maiden AT att.net
> As long as that extra space remains usable, its OK with me.  I was afraid 
> it 
> would be permanently locked away and lost for any use.  I would hate to 
> waste so 
> much space...
>         
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
> > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, t.maiden AT att.net wrote:
> > 
> > >>>>> zipped qemu disk image of BL 3.40. Unzipped it should expand to 
> > >>>>> 100MB.
> > >
> > > Silly question.  Why is the unzipped .img so large?  100 meg is a 
> > > little 
> > > big for the otherwise petite BL...
> > 
> > Based on some previous experimentation with the looped filesystem BL3 is 
> > using, which provides 20MB of space, I decided to give alot more for 
> > folks 
> > to play around in.  So, I guess to try and make sure anyone trying this 
> > out wouldn't run out of space.  Of course I could have made it smaller: I 
> > don't think I'd want it to be any less than 50MB, since if one added all 
> > possible add-ons to BL, things would be a bit tight even then.  But of 
> > course 100MB is nothing in this age of 100 and 200GB HD's.  So, I tried 
> > to 
> > strike a sort of balance: a 5 MB download is considered reasonable, even 
> > over dialin, and have 100 spare MB's for a qemu image can be pretty 
> > reasonably expected.  And it is unlikely that someone using this image 
> > under a traditional BL scenario would fill up the filesystem: heaven 
> > forbid anyone should try downloading a movie or alot of music files.  On 
> > the issue of music, another nice coincidence of BL under qemu is that 
> > qemu 
> > emulates SB sound hardware: likely Christof's SB sound package would even 
> > enable sound under qemu?
> > 
> > James
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