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| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/qemu.mdwn | 9 |
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diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn index c725e32b..c56292c8 100644 --- a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Once you have logged in as `root` run the `pfinet` translator with values that a That should do it! Do not forget to edit/update `/etc/resolv.conf` to get DNS working. --- -# Multiboot +# Booting Hurd without grub, using qemu's multiboot support See "Linux/Multiboot boot specific" section on QEMU manpage. @@ -424,18 +424,15 @@ you'll get told: *qemu: linux kernel too old to load a ram disk*. $ qemu [...] \ > --kernel gnumach \ + > --append 'root=device:hd0s1' \ > --initrd \ - > 'ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed device:hd0s1 $(task-create) $(task-resume)',\ + > 'ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed ${root} $(task-create) $(task-resume)',\ > 'exec.static $(exec-task=task-create)' Note that, contrary to [[GRUB]]'s configuration file, you don't specify "`argv[0]`" here, and it's fortunate that neither ext2fs nor exec need a comma on their command line... -You can also use `--append [...]`, which will show up in `/proc/cmdline`. - -Command line above crashes with old qemu versions, for instance qemu 1.1.2 on Debian Wheezy, fixed by upgrading to wheezy-backports currently qemu 1.7.0, see [[!debbug 741873]] - --- # Related Links |