Eric Blake <[email protected]> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 01:00:05AM +0100, Csepp wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Would it be possible to store the metadata for emulated FAT partitions >> backed by host directories? It would make installing Windows 98 much >> more seamless, since it would be able to set the boot flag during >> install. I have a 9front install that uses no block devices and gets its >> root file system via a simple 9P server, I've found that extremely >> useful, since it lets me back up or modify files directly from the host. >> >> I don't have that much free time, but if it wouldn't be too difficult to >> implement this and someone helped, I could try to do it myself. But >> honestly I would be super thankful if someone else implemented it >> instead. > > I wonder if you can already accomplish this using nbdkit-floppy-plugin > (expose a directory as a FAT file system over NBD), then connect qemu > as an NBD client, rather than having to implement this all in qemu > proper. Didn't know abut that program, thanks! Unfortunately: > The plugin does not support writes. https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/nbdkit/nbdkit-floppy-plugin.1.en.html
