[Debian-NP-Commits] r305 - people/vagrant/simple-cdd
Vagrant Cascadian
debian-np-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:55:27 -0700
Author: vagrant-guest
Date: Fri Dec 3 16:54:55 2004
New Revision: 305
Modified:
people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README
people/vagrant/simple-cdd/qemu-test.conf
Log:
defaults for qemu-test now for non-serial setup, and default memory useage. two
sections in readme for graphical and non-graphical qemu.
Modified: people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README
==============================================================================
--- people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README (original)
+++ people/vagrant/simple-cdd/README Fri Dec 3 16:54:55 2004
@@ -159,6 +159,28 @@
modifying those questions, or you may break simple-cdd.
+Testing With Qemu
+
+you can test that your image works using qemu...
+
+create a hard drive image:
+
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/hard_drive.image bs=1024k count=500
+
+the above creates a 500MB image.
+
+edit qemu-test.conf:
+
+hd_img="/path/to/hard_drive.image"
+
+then run:
+
+./qemu-test
+
+this will build the CD image, run qemu to install it, and then run qemu for the
+initial boot into the system.
+
+
Testing With Qemu in Non-Graphical Mode
i tested this code out entirely with qemu over a slow ssh connection,
@@ -174,32 +196,17 @@
cat boot-i386 | sed -e 's/TIMEOUT 0/TIMEOUT 5/g' > boot-i386.new && \
mv -i boot-i386.new boot-i386
-
and make a few changes in CONF.sh:
debian_cd_dir=$simple_cdd_dir/debian-cd
KERNEL_PARAMS="preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-cdd/default.preseed console=ttyS0,38400"
+and also edit qemu-test.conf:
-create a hard drive image:
-
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/hard_drive.image bs=1024k count=500
-
-the above creates a 500MB image.
-
-
-edit qemu-test.conf:
+qemu_opts="-nographic -user-net"
-hd_img="/path/to/hard_drive.image"
-
-
-then run:
-
-./qemu-test
-
-this will build the CD image, run qemu to install it, and then run qemu for the
-initial boot into the system.
+then follow the steps above for a "regular" qemu setup.
NOTE: since grub doesn't pass the console=ttyS0,38400 by default, it may take a
while for you to see anything during the initial boot. be patient, and it will
Modified: people/vagrant/simple-cdd/qemu-test.conf
==============================================================================
--- people/vagrant/simple-cdd/qemu-test.conf (original)
+++ people/vagrant/simple-cdd/qemu-test.conf Fri Dec 3 16:54:55 2004
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
cd_img="$OUT/sarge-i386-1.raw"
# memory available within qemu, in MB
-mem=96
+#mem=96
# additional options that get passed to qemu
-qemu_opts="-nographic -user-net"
+# for use with more conventional graphical console
+qemu_opts="-std-vga -user-net"
+# for emulated "serial" console
+#qemu_opts="-nographic -user-net"