Re: Problem with 3.7 qemu package

[Joerg Zinke <umaxx_(_at_)_oleco_(_dot_)_net>]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:57:58 -0500
Dave Feustel <dfeustel_(_at_)_verizon_(_dot_)_net> wrote:

> Qemu running on OpenBSD 3.7/3.8 looks like the 
> greatest thing since sliced bread, but I am having 
> no success getting the 3.7 qemu package to boot 
> from the OpenBSD 3.7 cdrom, although qemu works
> fine with the openbsd3.7.img file from free.os.zoo.com.
> Man qemu says that qemu should boot from a real 
> cdrom with the  following command:
> 
> qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda x.img
> 

afaik qemu does no support this.

try this:

# readcd dev=/dev/cdrom f=file.iso
# qemu -boot d -cdrom file.iso -hda x.img

readcd is part of /usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools.