Dan - Try reading. -Ben
> Hello, > > I write here because there doesn't seem to be a Bugzilla for qemu and > whoever is responsible for the qemu documentation must be here. > > The documentation is quite worthless. > > I'm sure you don't like hearing that, but consider that it doesn't > actually show the user how get qemu to do what qemu is supposed to di > (ie. run a host OS). Ok, it tells me how to create a blank disk image, > that's great, but how do I create a disk image with something bootable > on it? Sorry, no information on that. I expect that the most typical use > case for qemu is running Windows under Linux, so you'd expect to see > some documentation for that, right? Nope, none. Sure, there are > trouble-shooting tips, but what use are trouble-shooting tips if you > can't even get started? > > I've looked at qemu several times over the past several years. Every > time I get excited at the prospect of migrating people to GNU/Linux by > letting them run the one windows app they need... and every time I hit a > brick wall, as qemu fails to actually do anything useful. > > Try to take this approach: You are writing to a technically competent > user (perhaps a sysadmin) who wants to run Windows under Linux with qemu > (perhaps to migrate some of the company computers). He has a Windows > install CD, he has qemu installed, and is ready to go. Please write > something that this person can use to get Windows running under qemu. > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- > http://opendocumentfellowship.org > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the > unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself. > Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men." > -- George Bernard Shaw > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
