Build an Image with qemu and boot it with Colinux
Get QEMU[]
Download the precompiled QEMU versions for Windows from
http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html
INSTALL QEMU[]
CLICK ON QemuInstall-0.8.0.exe
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edit QEMUMenu.bat[]
remove the audio option. It may work for you, but I had to remove it from the batch file.
::qemu.exe -L "%QEMU_BIOS_DIR%" -m %QEMU_MEM% -hda "!QEMU_IMG%QEMU_IMG_Choice%!" %QEMU_CDROM% -localtime %QEMU_NETWORK% -enable-audio qemu.exe -L "%QEMU_BIOS_DIR%" -m %QEMU_MEM% -hda "!QEMU_IMG%QEMU_IMG_Choice%!" %QEMU_CDROM% -localtime %QEMU_NETWORK%
Use menu.bat
click on
C:\Program Files\QemuQEMUMenu.bat
QEMU Menu (v20041121)[]
QEMU Menu (C) 2004 Garth Dahlstrom (ironstorm@users.sf.net) QEMU (C) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
QEMU Settings:
Memory (256MB) BIOS DIR (\Program Files\Qemu\bios) ISO/CD () Network ()
Boot QEMU using image:
No image files found!! (you must [C]reate an image to use QEMU)
Settings/Toggles:
[C]reate image file [M]emory [I]SO/CD [N]etwork [Q]uit Enter your choice now []:M
=== Adjust QEMU Memory setting Enter the amount of Memory to start QEMU with in MB: 256
QEMU Menu (v20041121)[]
QEMU Menu (C) 2004 Garth Dahlstrom (ironstorm@users.sf.net) QEMU (C) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
QEMU Settings:
Memory (256MB) BIOS DIR (\Program Files\Qemu\bios) ISO/CD () Network ()
Boot QEMU using image:
No image files found!! (you must [C]reate an image to use QEMU)
Settings/Toggles:
[C]reate image file [M]emory [I]SO/CD [N]etwork [Q]uit Enter your choice now []: i
=== Add/Remove/Change ISO file Drag & drop the ISO file on to this window or type in filename (leave blank to remove): "C:\Program Files\Qemu\dapper-install-i386.iso" QEMU_CDROM = -cdrom "C:\Program Files\Qemu\dapper-install-i386.iso" Boot from this ISO (Y/N)?y
QEMU Menu (v20041121)[]
QEMU Menu (C) 2004 Garth Dahlstrom (ironstorm@users.sf.net) QEMU (C) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
QEMU Settings:
Memory (256MB) BIOS DIR (\Program Files\Qemu\bios) ISO/CD (-cdrom "C:\Program Files\Qemu\dapper-install-i386.iso" -boot d) Network ()
Boot QEMU using image:
No image files found!! (you must [C]reate an image to use QEMU)
Settings/Toggles:
[C]reate image file [M]emory [I]SO/CD [N]etwork [Q]uit Enter your choice now []: c
=== Make a New Image Enter a name for your Image file [.img will be appended]: ubuntu-qmu Enter a size in MB for your Image file: 1000
Enter the Type of Image: [1] raw (Default) - Raw image format, easily exportable to other Emus [2] qcow - QEMU image format, support compression and optional AES Encription Enter your choice now (blank = raw): 1
qemu-img.exe create -f "raw" "ubuntu-qmu.img" "1000M" Formating 'ubuntu-qmu.img', fmt=raw, size=1024000 kB
QEMU Menu (v20041121)[]
QEMU Menu (C) 2004 Garth Dahlstrom (ironstorm@users.sf.net) QEMU (C) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
QEMU Settings:
Memory (256MB) BIOS DIR (\Program Files\Qemu\bios) ISO/CD (-cdrom "C:\Program Files\Qemu\dapper-install-i386.iso" -boot d) Network ()
Boot QEMU using image:
[1] ubuntu-qmu
Settings/Toggles:
[C]reate image file [M]emory [I]SO/CD [N]etwork [Q]uit Enter your choice now []: 1
The Linux Install
In the new window you have the os install menu. I'm going to install X after I have a base image.
Run your install from start to finish and shutdown after.
working on a test
Edit Qemubat.bat
qemu.exe -L "%QEMU_BIOS_DIR%" -m %QEMU_MEM% -hda "!QEMU_IMG%QEMU_IMG_Choice%!" %QEMU_CDROM% -localtime %QEMU_NETWORK% -hdb ubuntu1g.ext3
boot Rescue a Broken server
english USA After the rescue finds the hardware switch to vc2 (ctrl-alt-F2) enter for console mkdir /mnt/hda1 mkdir /mnt/hdb mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb cd /mnt/hdb rm -rf * cd / cp -a /mnt/hda1 /mnt/hdb umount /mnt/hda1 umount /mnt/hdb boot colinux with colinux-daemon -t nt kernel=vmlinux initrd=initrd.gz mem=256 cobd0=ubuntu1g.ext3 cofs0=c:\ root=/dev/cobd0 eth0=slirp eth0=tuntap colinux:~# mount -t cofs cofs0 /mnt colinux:~# mount /dev/cobd0 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) cofs0 on /mnt type cofs (rw)