Boot an existing GNU/Linux installation from a real HDD in Qemu-Windows

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I'm now running windows 8 and I installed qemu-windows 1.3.1. I have two hard disks. When I try to boot existing Arch GNU/Linux from second disk using the command:

qemu-system-x86-64w -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6

I got this error :

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6: 

could not open disk image DeviceHarddiskVolume6: Invalid argument

Can anyone tell me why? Do I need to mount a linux partition in windows?

The bottom line is:

How do I boot an existing GNU/Linux installation from a hard disk?

update

when I use the command which Ярослав Рахматуллин answered

 qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda \.PhysicalDrive0

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: \.PhysicalDrive0

I got this error :

qemu: PC system firmware (pflash) must be a multiple of 0x1000

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

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I'm now running windows 8 and I installed qemu-windows 1.3.1. I have two hard disks. When I try to boot existing Arch GNU/Linux from second disk using the command:

qemu-system-x86-64w -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6

I got this error :

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6: 

could not open disk image DeviceHarddiskVolume6: Invalid argument

Can anyone tell me why? Do I need to mount a linux partition in windows?

The bottom line is:

How do I boot an existing GNU/Linux installation from a hard disk?

update

when I use the command which Ярослав Рахматуллин answered

 qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda \.PhysicalDrive0

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: \.PhysicalDrive0

I got this error :

qemu: PC system firmware (pflash) must be a multiple of 0x1000

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

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up vote
1
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I'm now running windows 8 and I installed qemu-windows 1.3.1. I have two hard disks. When I try to boot existing Arch GNU/Linux from second disk using the command:

qemu-system-x86-64w -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6

I got this error :

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6: 

could not open disk image DeviceHarddiskVolume6: Invalid argument

Can anyone tell me why? Do I need to mount a linux partition in windows?

The bottom line is:

How do I boot an existing GNU/Linux installation from a hard disk?

update

when I use the command which Ярослав Рахматуллин answered

 qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda \.PhysicalDrive0

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: \.PhysicalDrive0

I got this error :

qemu: PC system firmware (pflash) must be a multiple of 0x1000

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

I'm now running windows 8 and I installed qemu-windows 1.3.1. I have two hard disks. When I try to boot existing Arch GNU/Linux from second disk using the command:

qemu-system-x86-64w -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6

I got this error :

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda DeviceHarddiskVolume6: 

could not open disk image DeviceHarddiskVolume6: Invalid argument

Can anyone tell me why? Do I need to mount a linux partition in windows?

The bottom line is:

How do I boot an existing GNU/Linux installation from a hard disk?

update

when I use the command which Ярослав Рахматуллин answered

 qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: -hda \.PhysicalDrive0

qemu-system-x86_64w.exe: \.PhysicalDrive0

I got this error :

qemu: PC system firmware (pflash) must be a multiple of 0x1000

qemu

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

edited Mar 16 '13 at 14:39

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

asked Mar 15 '13 at 15:48

ifree

614

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Your argument is invalid, i.e wrong. The qemu-doc.html from the qemu-windows official page/distribution states how to specify
physical hard drives in section 3.6.7.2 Windows:



Hard disks

    Hard disks can be used with the syntax: \.PhysicalDriveN where N is the 

    drive number (0 is the first hard disk). /dev/hda is supported as an alias

    to the first hard disk drive \.PhysicalDrive0.



    WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make READ-ONLY 

    accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your host data (use

    the -snapshot command line so that the modifications are written in a 

    temporary file).

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Your argument is invalid, i.e wrong. The qemu-doc.html from the qemu-windows official page/distribution states how to specify
physical hard drives in section 3.6.7.2 Windows:



Hard disks

    Hard disks can be used with the syntax: \.PhysicalDriveN where N is the 

    drive number (0 is the first hard disk). /dev/hda is supported as an alias

    to the first hard disk drive \.PhysicalDrive0.



    WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make READ-ONLY 

    accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your host data (use

    the -snapshot command line so that the modifications are written in a 

    temporary file).

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Your argument is invalid, i.e wrong. The qemu-doc.html from the qemu-windows official page/distribution states how to specify
physical hard drives in section 3.6.7.2 Windows:



Hard disks

    Hard disks can be used with the syntax: \.PhysicalDriveN where N is the 

    drive number (0 is the first hard disk). /dev/hda is supported as an alias

    to the first hard disk drive \.PhysicalDrive0.



    WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make READ-ONLY 

    accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your host data (use

    the -snapshot command line so that the modifications are written in a 

    temporary file).

answered Mar 15 '13 at 17:55

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Your argument is invalid, i.e wrong. The qemu-doc.html from the qemu-windows official page/distribution states how to specify
physical hard drives in section 3.6.7.2 Windows:



Hard disks

    Hard disks can be used with the syntax: \.PhysicalDriveN where N is the 

    drive number (0 is the first hard disk). /dev/hda is supported as an alias

    to the first hard disk drive \.PhysicalDrive0.



    WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make READ-ONLY 

    accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your host data (use

    the -snapshot command line so that the modifications are written in a 

    temporary file).

answered Mar 15 '13 at 17:55

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Your argument is invalid, i.e wrong. The qemu-doc.html from the qemu-windows official page/distribution states how to specify
physical hard drives in section 3.6.7.2 Windows:



Hard disks

    Hard disks can be used with the syntax: \.PhysicalDriveN where N is the 

    drive number (0 is the first hard disk). /dev/hda is supported as an alias

    to the first hard disk drive \.PhysicalDrive0.



    WARNING: unless you know what you do, it is better to only make READ-ONLY 

    accesses to the hard disk otherwise you may corrupt your host data (use

    the -snapshot command line so that the modifications are written in a 

    temporary file).

answered Mar 15 '13 at 17:55

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