Thanks for the reply Jackob, the answer to your first question
1. Is <your_linux_kernel> configured to present IDE disks as a kind ofSATA/SCSI disk (/dev/sda).
solved it. My kernel (debian vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-486) was lacking the right modules for the ide emulation of qemu. I found these solutions, tested with debian vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-486. Unfortunately, modules may change from one kernel version to another. Solution required modules (load in this order) disk seen as ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 ide-core, ide-gd_mod /dev/hdx (ide) 2 scsi_mod, libata, ata_generic, ata_piix /dev/sdx (scsi) Best regards, Fabrizio
