On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:34:16PM +0000, Gildas wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know whether this is an easy one or not and if it will apply > to all archs, but I'd like to see an option in the monitor to > change/override the value given for -boot. > > This way, for instance if you install a VM from a CDROM using "-boot > d", you would be able to restart it on the hard-drive from the monitor > with something like "boot c" followed by "system_reset". > > I know there is still the workaround of stopping the emulation and > restarting it with a different set of commands, but when remotely > accessing a VM with a lots of redirection/connection, it's not very > handy.
And there's another workaround: you can now start qemu with -boot dc , do your thing with the cd image, go to monitor, eject the cd, and system_reset. This time, since there's no cd, the bios will boot from the hard drive. Just as it happens in OS installation on real hardware. Dan.
