On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:38:54AM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 03/06/2011 01:05 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I installed kvm-qemu and enabled virtualization in BIOS. > > > >Now, I have a Windows partition I'd like to fiddle. > >It was produced thusly: > > > > dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=windows_partition > > > >Entering this command > > > > qemu --enable-kvm windows_partition > > > >opens a black window with the "booting" message. > > > >Of course, it needs a boot loader. I tried this: > > > > grub-install windows_partition > > > >But this fails with: > > > > Format of install_device not recognized. > > > > INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. > > > >Can someone suggest or point a reference to help me > >create a bootable partition? > > > >A LILO solution would be okay, too. > > > >Thanks! > > > A message I wrote in reply to a question on the Kubuntu list may be > of some help. > The message is called "Install Win98 on /dev/sda4" and does not > actually install > Windows to /dev/sda4, but to /sdb1. And it's XP, not 98. Anyway, > since it is frowned > on to cross-post, I will tell you that the message was posted > 03/06/2011 at 12:28 AM, > so you can look for it there. (The earlier post was by Jerry Lapham > at 03/05/2011 > at 8:14 PM. He decided to use XP, which is what I had done.)
Ron Johnson added: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2011-March/053651.html What I want really, is to copy GRUB to the boot record to the **partition image**, so I can say. qemu --enable-kvm windows_partition_image What I just thought of would be to use grub-install with the correct parameters to a real partition, then dd it to the partition image. Regards, > --doug > > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. > --A. M. Greeley Yow! For a contemporary flavor I could add: ...by guns sold to drug cartels under the watchful eyes of ATF -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110306211806.GA28447@sprite
