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I want to set up a qemu machine. Is it possible to have more than just one CD/DVD drive and have all 3 (6 see PS) of the DVD images/ISOs in them?
TIA
Gregor
PS: Concrete scenario: There are 3 "base" and 3 "update" DVDs for Debian 7, so I'd like to have all of them in 6 virtual DVD drives.
PPS: Marked thread as solved. Using
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qemu-system-x86_64 -hda platte.raw \
-m 4G \
-smp 3 \
-netdev tap,ifname=tap0,id=tap0,script=no,downscript=no \
-device e1000,netdev=tap0 \
-enable-kvm \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso,media=cdrom \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-2.iso,media=cdrom \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-3.iso,media=cdrom \
-usb
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does it. Trying to use more than three of those drive lines resulted in error messages.
PPS: Marked thread as solved. Using
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qemu-system-x86_64 -hda platte.raw \
-m 4G \
-smp 3 \
-netdev tap,ifname=tap0,id=tap0,script=no,downscript=no \
-device e1000,netdev=tap0 \
-enable-kvm \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso,media=cdrom \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-2.iso,media=cdrom \
-drive file=/home/gszaktilla/dokumente/platz/wheezy/debian-7.11.0-amd64-DVD-3.iso,media=cdrom \
-usb
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does it. Trying to use more than three of those drive lines resulted in error messages.
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