[syslinux] qemu images

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Jun 24 12:25:06 PDT 2013


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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