Re: help exporting files from guest to host in QEMU....
Michael Fothergill wrote:
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> Dear Debianists,
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> I have a few questions about QEMU. I posted a query a while back about loading cdrom image files into Windows 98 (guest) running under QEMU with Debian Etch r1 (AMD64) as the underlying OS.
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> I followed the helpful recipes and I loaded some software on to Windows 98 and was happy with the result.
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> Thanks for the help.
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> There is one thing that I am not so sure about however.
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> How are you supposed to export files out of the Windows 98 guest environment in to the Linux file tree?
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> If you were to copy the file to a “cdrom” in the guest environment would that end up producing an iso file in the Linux environment?
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> Or is there a simpler method to get files out of the guest environment to the host one?
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> There are ways to write files from the guest environment to the Linux disk but there is a warning about data corruption if you aren't careful.
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> I am looking for a relatively safe and simple way to get files created with software in the guest environment into the host area.
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> Comments and suggestions welcome.
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> Regards
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> Michael Fothergill
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Not sure exactly how QEMU works - haven't had time, but under a VMware - XP setup I just ran samba on debian,
shared a path and went over to windows to use the share under network neighborhood. Then you can copy files
back and forth very easily. I haven't had any trouble with this setup yet.
HTH,
Scott Lair
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