Anyone know qemu?

[Alexander Skwar]

Daniel Carrera schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone here know how to use qemu? I'd like to run Windows under
> Linux. I've been to the qemu website; their documentation is worthless.
> It's an example of how to write a lot without actually helping the user
> get anything done.

Yep. It's also inconsistent. And the mailinglist...

> I'd be interested to know how one can create an image that contains a
> Windows installation (seems like a typical use case for qemu).

That's not the way it goes. You basically create a *blank* disk image,
start qemu, make it boot from a CD (or ISO) and then install Windows (or
whatever OS) on that disk, just as if you were installing a real computer
from scratch.

Alexander Skwar
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