Am 10.03.2012 20:56, schrieb Floris Bos: > Some Linux distributions use the > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_name-of-disk-model_serial addressing scheme > when refering to partitions in /etc/fstab and elsewhere. > This causes problems when starting a disk image taken from an existing > physical server under qemu, > because when running under qemu name-of-disk-model is always "QEMU HARDDISK" > This patch introduces a model=s option which in combination with the existing > serial=s option can be used to > fake the disk the operating system was previously on, allowing the OS to boot > properly. > > Cc: kw...@redhat.com > Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <d...@noc-ps.com>
Oh, and now that I look at the actual patch, do we really want to add the model=... option to -drive? I think just the qdev property may be enough. When you need to set the option, you would need to use -device, but it's not that hard. Kevin
