thank mitch, this looks great! It's slow enough that I haven't had a chance to explore it fully, but will report back in any case! thanks,
matt On 11/1/05, Mitch Wiedemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Price wrote: > > >On 11/1/05, Randall Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I'd like to test different drive configurations virtually without having > >>to resort to something like vmware or qemu. I know how to create a > >>virtual filesystem using dd and wonder can I create a virtual drive that > >>I can partition with fdisk, etc. For example, I'd like to set up a > >>virtual raid 5 array. Can this be easily done? > >> > >> > >> > > > >Not an answer, but the question makes me wonder: I have been making > >various modifications to the Ubuntu install disks (all the work done > >at home on my debian/sid system) and I am burning lots of coasters! > >is it possible to create a virtual environment in which I can test > >installation media? Free (as in speech) software preferred, of > >course. > > > >thanks as always, > >matt > > > > > > When I create an iso image of my custom Knoppix CD, I test the image > with the "qemu" program. That way I don't have to burn a cd until I'm > sure the iso is going to work. > > Here's the command that I use: > qemu -m 128 -cdrom my_custom_cd.iso -boot d -user-net > > -- > > Mitch Wiedemann > Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association > http://ithacafreesoftware.org > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
