Boot USB Drive in QEMU under Windows
04-15-09
Hooray! I did it!
I have managed to boot my bootable usb pendrive (BackTrack 3) under QEMU within Windows XP.
For those of you who want the magic one liner here you are:
qemu.exe -L . -m 512 -std-vga -hda \\\\.\\PhysicalDrive2 -soundhw all -localtime -M pc -kernel ../../boot/vmlinuz -initrd ../../boot/initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram0 rw initrd=../../boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 vga=0x317"
- This gives you TextMode with 512 MB Ram and Mouse Support!!
- You will need to change PhysicalDrive2 to what ever drive number your USB key is. (Hint look under the DiskManagment snap-in)
- You require administrative rights also
- My Qemu directory lives under USBDriveLetter\BT3\QEMU FYI
- QEMU Version Win32 PreCompiled 0.9.1
Hopefully this saves you a few hours 