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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-11-13 19:44:52 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-11-13 20:08:23 +0100
commit0522d1b9b9d17fabcafebdffb5b57ca4790ac178 (patch)
treed86f4fc56ef002121afa6c4701164f8fbdf16c88
parent21e5bc713b8ecefae137463fb04bbbda97ab0a09 (diff)
Use proper ikiwiki syntax.
-rw-r--r--buildgnuonqemu.mdwn67
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/buildgnuonqemu.mdwn b/buildgnuonqemu.mdwn
index 97ce3b83..c5fb8da3 100644
--- a/buildgnuonqemu.mdwn
+++ b/buildgnuonqemu.mdwn
@@ -10,52 +10,59 @@ Creating a bootable qemu image from a root filesystem and bootloader
1. Create a hard disk image
-<pre>qemu-img create -f qcow <imagename.img> <size>G</pre>
+ qemu-img create -f qcow <imagename.img> <size>G
-2. Use a live CD (better to have a lighter OS like system rescue CD to make the process faster) and the image created to boot.
+2. Use a live CD (better to have a lighter OS like system rescue CD to make the
+ process faster) and the image created to boot.
-<pre>qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda <imagename.img> -boot d</pre>
+ qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda <imagename.img> -boot d
-3. Once system is booted use a partition editing tool (like fdisk, cfdisk, parted, gparted, qtparted ...) to partition the image.
+3. Once system is booted use a partition editing tool (like fdisk, cfdisk,
+ parted, gparted, qtparted ...) to partition the image.
-<pre>cfdisk</pre>
+ cfdisk
-create the necessary partitions (root and swap partitions boot, home ... if required)
+ create the necessary partitions (root and swap partitions boot, home ... if
+ required)
4. Create a file syatem for the root partiotion
-<pre>mke2fs /dev/hda1</pre>
+ mke2fs /dev/hda1
5. Mount the partition
-<pre>mkdir disk
-mount /dev/hda1 disk</pre>
+ mkdir disk
+ mount /dev/hda1 disk
-6. Copy the file system from the host machine to the mounted directory (use a compressed file system to make the copying faster)
+6. Copy the file system from the host machine to the mounted directory (use a
+ compressed file system to make the copying faster)
-Grab the GNU spapshot from ams' site <http://www.update.uu.se/~ams/home/slask/GNU/>
+ Grab the GNU spapshot from ams' site
+ <http://www.update.uu.se/~ams/home/slask/GNU/>
-<pre>scp <user>@<host>:<path to the compressed file system> disk</pre>
+ scp <user>@<host>:<path to the compressed file system> disk
7. Uncompress the files
-<pre>cd disk
-tar -jxvf <compressed filesystem></pre>
+ cd disk
+ tar -jxvf <compressed filesystem>
8. Unmount the mounted partition
-<pre>cd ..
-umount disk</pre>
+ cd ..
+ umount disk
9. power off the guest OS.
-<pre>poweroff</pre>
+ poweroff
-10. To make the file syatem bootable download a grub floppy image ([[http://hurd.in/pub/Hurd/HurdOnVMware/grub.img][grub.img]])
+10. To make the file syatem bootable download a grub floppy image
+
+ <http://hurd.in/pub/Hurd/HurdOnVMware/grub.img>
11. Run qemu to boot into your brand new system
-<pre>qemu -hda <hard disk image.img> -fda grub.img -boot a</pre>
+ qemu -hda <hard disk image.img> -fda grub.img -boot a
Happy Hacking !!
@@ -64,27 +71,25 @@ Make your new system boot from the hard disk
1. Mount your grub image
-<pre>mkdir floppy
-mount -t ext2 -o loop grub.img floppy</pre>
+ mkdir floppy
+ mount -t ext2 -o loop grub.img floppy
2. Use previous steps 2 and 5 to boot from a liveCD and mount the partition
-<pre>cd disk/boot
-scp -r <user>@<host>:<path to mounted floppy image directory>/boot/grub .</pre>
+ cd disk/boot
+ scp -r <user>@<host>:<path to mounted floppy image directory>/boot/grub
3. Poweroff the guest
-<pre>poweroff</pre>
+ poweroff
4. Boot new system using floppy image previous step 11
-use install to hard disk option if you used the above grub image
-
-or go to grub command line and type
+ use install to hard disk option if you used the above grub image
-<pre>root (hd0,0)
-setup (hd0) </pre>
+ or go to grub command line and type
-Now you have a bootable system image. Enjoy Maadi !!
+ root (hd0,0)
+ setup (hd0)
--- PraveenA - 21 Jun 2006 \ No newline at end of file
+ Now you have a bootable system image. Enjoy Maadi !!