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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2019-10-01 13:01:11 +0200
committerLaurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>2019-10-21 18:04:31 +0200
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qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel
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 <thuth@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20191001110111.4870-1-thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
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@@ -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: