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[PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kern
From: |
Thomas Huth |
Subject: |
[PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel |
Date: |
Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:01:11 +0200 |
The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
now, too.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
---
qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
@option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
@option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
-When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
-@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
-Linux kernel.
-
If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
@option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
--
2.18.1
- [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel,
Thomas Huth <=