Jim Hall wrote: [..] > > Then I create a virtual disk where I can install FreeDOS T2404. I'll > > set this up as 500MB, which is plenty big for what I do: > > > > $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 2404.qcow2 500M
Paul Dufresne wrote: > I was prefering raw, because I was using: > https://www.seei.biz/how-to-mount-raw-images-img-images-on-linux/ > to mount raw disk, and exchange data between the host and the emulated > machine. > > But I discovered qemu-nbd... that allows the same with qcow2 image too. > So I guess I will adopt qcow2. I use qcow2 because it's a bit more efficient, and a little faster. (Not that speed matters much here .. my 3-yr old desktop PC is still *way* more powerful than a 1990s '486 or Pentium PC.) I use guestfstools to "mount" the virtual disk from Linux. Works great. It's basically this: guestmount -a "$img" -m /dev/sda1 "$mnt" In other words: mkdir /tmp/freedos guestmount -a mystuff.qcow2 -m /dev/sda1 /tmp/freedos ..and that will "mount" the first (only) partition in my virtual disk, and make it accessible at /tmp/freedos. > Now, as I understand, the size of the file for qcow2, is way less than the > size specified... > because allocation is done only when needed... so I would suggest to oversize > the value... > maybe 3G? That's a lot. FreeDOS (like any DOS) is not big. What are you putting in that virtual disk? My "C:" virtual disk is 500MB, and that's much larger than I need to install OpenWatcom plus editors and tools. My "D:" virtual disk is like 200MB. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
