From 52b051d78ead51fe4ab0513543dbfc619fd6a337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Ronnquist <ralph.ronnquist@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:24:12 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] polishing
---
vm.sh | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vm.sh b/vm.sh
index 74274e6..d3f535d 100755
--- a/vm.sh
+++ b/vm.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
#!/bin/bash
#
-# QEMU setup for trial3 VM
+# QEMU setup for trial VM
+
+BOOT="-boot menu=on"
+[ -z "$EFI" ] || BOOT="-bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd"
+
+[ -d disk.raw ] || dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.raw bs=1G count=0 seek=8
+
-if [ -n "$EFI" ] ; then
- BOOT="-bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd"
-else
- BOOT="-boot menu=on"
-fi
ARGS=(
-m 2G -M pc,accel=kvm -cpu host
- -serial mon:stdio -echr 0x1c
+ -serial mon:stdio -echr 0x1c # Using ^\ as meta character
-vga qxl
$BOOT
-drive index=0,id=disk,media=disk,format=raw,file=disk.raw
-drive index=1,id=boot,media=disk,format=raw,file=bootimage.raw
)
-qemu-system-x86_64 ${ARGS[@]}
+exec qemu-system-x86_64 ${ARGS[@]}
--
2.39.5