[Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Re: MS Windows 2000 installation report

[Matt Howard]

Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
> "bximage" creates virtual discs much faster than the dd utility (which
> looses time writing zeros to disc). If Bochs is installed, just enter
> "bximage" in a shell and answer questions.
dd doesn't need to write zeros either.  To create a sparse file, do this:

dd if=/dev/zero of=foo.bin bs=1 count=0 seek=5G

It should return almost immediately.

> 
> Very usable... Qemu rocks my friends.
Agreed.

> 
> Cheers, Jean-Michel

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