Re: Test iso without burning was: Re: virtual installation?
thank mitch, this looks great! It's slow enough that I haven't had a
chance to explore it fully, but will report back in any case! thanks,
matt
On 11/1/05, Mitch Wiedemann <mitch@ithacafreesoftware.org> wrote:
> Matt Price wrote:
>
> >On 11/1/05, Randall Smith <randall@tnr.cc> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I'd like to test different drive configurations virtually without having
> >>to resort to something like vmware or qemu. I know how to create a
> >>virtual filesystem using dd and wonder can I create a virtual drive that
> >>I can partition with fdisk, etc. For example, I'd like to set up a
> >>virtual raid 5 array. Can this be easily done?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Not an answer, but the question makes me wonder: I have been making
> >various modifications to the Ubuntu install disks (all the work done
> >at home on my debian/sid system) and I am burning lots of coasters!
> >is it possible to create a virtual environment in which I can test
> >installation media? Free (as in speech) software preferred, of
> >course.
> >
> >thanks as always,
> >matt
> >
> >
>
> When I create an iso image of my custom Knoppix CD, I test the image
> with the "qemu" program. That way I don't have to burn a cd until I'm
> sure the iso is going to work.
>
> Here's the command that I use:
> qemu -m 128 -cdrom my_custom_cd.iso -boot d -user-net
>
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