Re: runnIng Knoppix on Windows via qemu? (was:Touring the EU with Knoppix sans laptop)
This is the way I booted an ISO under qemu on Linux. I assume it still
works (change the path accordingly for Windows).
qemu -m 128 -cdrom /temp/knoppix-custom.iso -boot d -user-net
t.maiden@att.net wrote:
You will probably need Administrator status on a Windows machine but
not necessarily the one you are wanting to run Qemu and Knoppix on at
any particular moment. Download the latest Qemu (its 0.9.0 right now)
to the desktop of your PC. Assuming you are the Administrator of your
own home PC, insert your flash drive and when the system identifys it
as being online, click on the Qemu install icon. After you agree to
the terms and conditions it will ask you where you want Qemu
installed. Override the suggested default location with the name of
the flash drive (on my PC its either E: or F:) and let the install
go. It will write a few small files onto your C: drive anyway and
maybe put a entry in the registry but all the useful files will go
onto the flash drive. You then need to write a one line Batch file
that starts Qemu and loads the Linux OS and starts it up. Running a
Live Linux CD is a snap but you have to be aware that Knoppix will run
VERY slowly due to the decompression of the software on the CD. A
better bet would be to select a small footprint Knoppix remaster such
as Damn Small, Feather or even Morphix LightGUI. Damn Small has just
released a new version, level 3.3 which is really nice. It has the
latest version of Firefox and also Dillo Patched if you don't need
full graphical presentations. To run plug in the flash drive, put the
CD in its drive, click on the batch file and enjoy the show as Qemu
creates its guest system, loads and runs your selected Linux. I have
done this regularly on the deliberately "crippled" Windows machines at
the local community college and the public libraries.
-------------- Original message from Robert Citek
<robert.citek@gmail.com>: --------------
> Joel Merrick wrote:
> > If it's not been mentioned in the rest of this thread, you
could also
> > circumvent the need for rebooting by having windows qemu on
the USB drive..
>
> I'm no Windows guru, so I'm curious to know how one might do
that. From
> what I've read after a quick Google search is that qemu must be
> installed on Windows, which requires administrator (i.e. root)
access on
> the Windows machine.
>
> Is that correct or is there a more simple way?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
>
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