[solved] QEMU + Minix 3 Textbook source code

quadrant · **Joined:** Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:46 pm **Posts:** 74

Hi there!

I am trying to run the image from the Minix 3 textbook on QEMU. I am following the how-to guide from their Wiki. These are the commands I have entered:

Code:

qemu-img create minix.img 1G
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -cdrom minix.img -boot d -display curses

However I get the following error:

Code:

Booting from DVD/CD...
Boot failed: Could not read from CDROM (code 0005)

I am running a x64 windows machine, and using WSL if that helps.

Hoping someone can help me out...

Note: I only allocate 1G because that's what the textbook says it needs. After the textbook version, Minix 3 becomes more complex and needs more space.

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klange · **Joined:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:31 am **Posts:** 676

You've created a blank hard disk image and are then trying to pass it as a CD ROM image to QEMU with nothing else. You need to give QEMU the hard disk image you created with

Code:

-drive file=minix.img,format=raw

as well as the ISO CD image.

quadrant · **Joined:** Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:46 pm **Posts:** 74

Wow! I feel so stupid #-o

!
Thank you for clarifying that! The following code worked:

Code:

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -cdrom minix-3.1.0-book.iso -hda minix.img -boot d -display curses

Sometimes working when tired isn't the most intelligent thing to do =/

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