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  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL 3.40 in qemu image
  • Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:12:08 +1200

James Miller wrote:
>
> > The *only* function of DOS in the DOS version is to
> > boot the kernel (using loadlin.exe).
>
> I don't think this is going to work for him since he's
> trying to do this under qemu and is probably not wanting
> to install DOS.

That's what I am trying to say -- DOS is unimportant.
He just has to boot the kernel and point it at the filesystem.
I believe QEMU is able to boot Linux kernels. So step one is
possible. Can QEMU tell the kernel (via a parameter?) to use
a particular filesystem image? ...namely fs.img

> The man page specifies a bzImage using this -kernel switch:

IIRC there is also a section on booting kernels in the QEMU
user documentation.

> does it maybe only work on compressed kernels?

zimage kernels are compressed too. But that shouldn't be
an issue. Kernels unzip themselves.

Cheers,
Steven

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