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-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn4
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/gnu/create_an_image.mdwn11
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/live_cd.mdwn4
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/qemu.mdwn9
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image.mdwn4
5 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn
index 809bf7b1..19b371c1 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Usage:
$ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
$ tar -xz < debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
- $ qemu -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -hda debian-hurd-*.img
+ $ qemu -m 512 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -hda debian-hurd-*.img
Just in case you were wondering: the *root* password is *root*.
diff --git a/hurd/running/gnu/create_an_image.mdwn b/hurd/running/gnu/create_an_image.mdwn
index c7a97a4e..8784a826 100644
--- a/hurd/running/gnu/create_an_image.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/gnu/create_an_image.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2012 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
-is included in the section entitled
-[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
Creating a bootable qemu image from a root filesystem and bootloader
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Creating a bootable qemu image from a root filesystem and bootloader
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.
- qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda <imagename.img> -boot d
+ qemu -m 512 -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.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ Creating a bootable qemu image from a root filesystem and bootloader
11. Run qemu to boot into your brand new system
- qemu -hda <hard disk image.img> -fda grub.img -boot a
+ qemu -m 512 -hda <hard disk image.img> -fda grub.img -boot a
Happy Hacking !!
diff --git a/hurd/running/live_cd.mdwn b/hurd/running/live_cd.mdwn
index c9360594..1eb9b8e0 100644
--- a/hurd/running/live_cd.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/live_cd.mdwn
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MiB: <http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/tiny-cd/>
Use it like this:
- $ qemu -cdrom hurd-tiny-cd-20060722.iso
+ $ qemu -m 512 -cdrom hurd-tiny-cd-20060722.iso
A more recent Live CD can be found at <http://teythoon.cryptobitch.de/hurd/livecd/hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz>.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ It can be run with qemu via
$ wget http://teythoon.cryptobitch.de/hurd/livecd/hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz
$ xz -d hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz
- $ qemu -cdrom hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso
+ $ qemu -m 512 -cdrom hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso
These [[!wikipedia LiveCD]]s should be useful for those who want to try out the
Hurd before they commit to installing it on their hard disks. In addition to
diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
index fcf58d8a..b64c576f 100644
--- a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Note that the following images are unofficial ones: they have been prepared by
volunteers and may not have been tested extensively.
* [Disk image](http://draketo.de/dateien/hurd/bab-hurd-qemu-2008-10-29.img.tar.bz2)
- with a short intro on translators. Just start it with 'qemu *disk_image.img*'.
+ with a short intro on translators. Just start it with `qemu -m 512
+ disk_image.img`.
It should work without any of the configuration below. If you want to know what you can do
with it, please have a look at [[its_wikipage|hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image]]. And when
you use it, please [tell me your experience with it](http://draketo.de/contact)! - [[community/weblogs/ArneBab]]
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ This is the recommended way to work with a Command Line Interface (CLI) since al
a) with ssh (assuming you have installed openssh-server)
- $ kvm -m 1024 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22 -hda hd0.img &
+ $ kvm -m 512 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22 -hda hd0.img &
Logging in to the running Hurd:
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ Copying files:
b) with telnet (assuming you have installed a telnet server, like telnetd)
- $ kvm -m 1024 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5556-:23 -hda hurd-install.qemu &
+ $ kvm -m 512 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5556-:23 -hda hurd-install.qemu &
Logging in to the running Hurd:
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ Now it is time to start-up your QEMU Hurd system and get networking going in the
**Important:** Remember you may need to use the `-M isapc` or `-isa` flag if using an older version of the gnumach package.
- $ qemu -hda hd0.img -cdrom debian-K9-hurd-i386-CD1.iso -fda floppy.img -boot a -net nic -net tap
+ $ qemu -m 512 -hda hd0.img -cdrom debian-K9-hurd-i386-CD1.iso -fda floppy.img -boot a -net nic -net tap
Once you have logged in as `root` run the `pfinet` translator with values that apply to your network. Think of your QEMU client as another computer in your network.
diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image.mdwn
index c0952fcf..855e8f51 100644
--- a/hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/qemu/babhurd_image.mdwn
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ What this little Hurd image can do
This is the README file accompanying a
[disk\_image](http://draketo.de/dateien/hurd/bab-hurd-qemu-2008-10-29.img.tar.bz2) for
-[[running_the_GNU/Hurd_via_qemu|hurd/running/qemu]]. To run the disk image, just use *'qemu
-disk_image.img'*.
+[[running the GNU/Hurd via qemu|hurd/running/qemu]]. To run the disk image,
+just use `qemu -m 512 disk_image.img`.
You can find the custom *.bashrc* used to tell the user about it as well as this text itself
in the Mercurial repository [hurd_intro](http://bitbucket.org/ArneBab/hurd_intro).