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HOWTO: Install Windows XP in Debian using QEMU

Thu, 2006-07-27 15:40 — Uwe Hermann

This is more or less a reminder for me, most of you will probably already know how to do it...

Install QEMU:
apt-get install qemu
Create a (resizable) image which will hold Windows XP. The installer chokes if the image is smaller than 1.2 GB or so, but that's not too much of a problem; the "qcow" image format will only take up as much space as is really needed, so the image will be very small in the beginning (not 1.2 GB big!).
qemu-img create -f qcow /path/to/xp.cow 1300M
Insert the install CD, and install Windows in the QEMU image:
qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 384 -localtime
Wait.
After the install has finished, shut down the QEMU/Windows; from now on you can boot it (without having to insert the CD anymore) with:
qemu -hda /path/to/xp.cow -boot c -m 384 -localtime -k de -usb

Type "qemu -h" for more options.

Thu, 2005-12-22 17:52 — Uwe Hermann

Some interesting Free Software releases:

OpenSSH: The upcoming OpenSSH 4.3 will be able to "make a real VPN using OpenSSH without the need for any additional software. This goes well beyond the TCP port forwarding that we have supported for years". See also Slashdot story.
X11: New, Modularized X Window Release Now Available for Download — X11R6.9 and X11R7.0 have been released simultaneously. The latter now uses the autotools as build system and is modularized. This should lead to shorter release cycles.
Git: git 1.0, the directory content manager created by Linus Torvalds in order to replace Bitkeeper, has been released.
Qemu: Qemu 0.8 has been released, now supporting SMP, and USB.

Lots of stuff to try out...