On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:41:40PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 11/06/2011 03:35 AM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > To quickly get going, just execute the following as user: > > > > $ ./Documentation/run-qemu.sh -r / -a init=/bin/bash > > > > This will drop you into a shell on your rootfs. > > > > Doesn't work on Fedora 15. F15's qemu-kvm doesn't have -machine or > -virtfs. Even qemu.git on F15 won't build virtfs since xattr.h > detection is broken (patch posted). Nevermind that running virtfs as a rootfs is a really dumb idea. You do now want to run a VM that has a rootfs that gets changed all the time behind your back. Running qemu -snapshot on the actual root block device is the only safe way to reuse the host installation, although it gets a bit complicated if people have multiple devices mounted into the namespace. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
