Removable Disk switching while QEMU (Guest) is on

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Removable Disk switching while QEMU (Guest) is on

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Sometimes, when you download something (like a Mac OS X Tiger disk), there are multiples and I don't know how to change them while the guest is on. Anybody know how?
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Re: Removable Disk switching while QEMU (Guest) is on

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That question is not so easy to answer without knowing you host OS. Are you running MacOS?

If so, see here:
https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/pp ... drom_image

If you have this issue during installation where you have to insert the next CD, you can try to add multiple CD's already on the command line:
-drive file=hd1,format=raw,media=disk,index=0
-drive file=cd1,format=raw,media=cdrom,index=2
-drive file=cd2,format=raw,media=cdrom,index=1

Alternatively, you can install the bare minimum from CD 1 and then boot from HD with the second CD as drive and continue the installation with the packages on the second CD.

Tiger is also available on DVD image ;-)

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Re: Removable Disk switching while QEMU (Guest) is on

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I can't get QEMU on MacOS to work with your guide, so I'm using Windows.
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Re: Removable Disk switching while QEMU (Guest) is on

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You can use the monitor prompt (accessible by pressing ctrl-alt-2) and enter the following command:

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change ide1-cd0 cd-image.iso
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