Hi List, Im trying to control a winxp installation process (esp. the text-mode part) via pipe through kvm. Im using the git-version of kvm from yesterday (2011-12-19), build with these parameters: ~/qemu-kvm$ ./configure --enable-sdl ~/qemu-kvm$ make ~/qemu-kvm$ sudo make install What works: 1. Generating ~/.winpipe/path.{in,out}via mkdir .winpipe; mkfifo .winpipe/path.in; mkfifo .winpipe/path.out 2. Creating emty image via qemu-img create win.img 20G 3. Starting kvm via: qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -hda win.img -cdrom winxpsp3.iso -chardev pipe,id=mywinpipe,path=.winpipe/path What doesn't: 1. Piping some text via echo "R" > .winpipe/path.in (i.e. for starting repair console in winxp-textmode) doesnt have any effect 2. Reading from path.out via cat ~/.winpipe/path.out (nothing happens except the vm ends, then the command "cat .winpipe/path.out" ends, too) has no result, only waiting 3. There is no .pipe/ directory inside winxp, wether on C: nor on D: (looked in via starting repair-console with "R") Whats wrong? Tfh! Oliver -- 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