Syslinux - Jun 2013 - qemu images

ah i meen that
so i can boot e.g windows xp?
let's say
i install a xp image with kvm
and booting it with memdisk
will it work?
how about drivers?
On 2013-06-24 20:40, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/24/2013 09:00 AM, mattias wrote:
>> ccan i boot images created by kvm with memdisc?
> Boot, yes.  In the *general case* they will not run, however, as you
> need a driver to detect and mount the memdisk once the OS is running.
>
> 	-hpa
>
>

Not unless you explicitly force the OS to include a driver.

mattias <mj at mjw.se> wrote:
>ah i meen that
>so i can boot e.g windows xp?
>let's say
>i install a xp image with kvm
>and booting it with memdisk
>will it work?
>how about drivers?
>On 2013-06-24 20:40, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 06/24/2013 09:00 AM, mattias wrote:
>>> ccan i boot images created by kvm with memdisc?
>> Boot, yes.  In the *general case* they will not run, however, as you
>> need a driver to detect and mount the memdisk once the OS is running.
>>
>> 	-hpa
>>
>>
-- 
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On Jun 24, 2013 3:28 PM, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
wrote:
>
> Not unless you explicitly force the OS to include a driver.
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/MEMDISK#-_Drivers_that_detect_the_MEMDISK_mapped_floppy.2Fdisk.2FISO_image
> mattias <mj at mjw.se> wrote:
>
> >ah i meen that
> >so i can boot e.g windows xp?
> >let's say
> >i install a xp image with kvm
> >and booting it with memdisk
> >will it work?
> >how about drivers?
> >On 2013-06-24 20:40, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >> On 06/24/2013 09:00 AM, mattias wrote:
> >>> ccan i boot images created by kvm with memdisc?
> >> Boot, yes.  In the *general case* they will not run, however, as
you
> >> need a driver to detect and mount the memdisk once the OS is
running.
> >>
> >>      -hpa
> >>
> >>
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting.
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