OK but which command should I use if that is broken and where I can find some documentation that is actually up to date? ________________________________ From: Peter Maydell To: Herbei Dacian Cc: QEmu Devel Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013, 15:31 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] minimal linux distribution for qemu On 15 August 2013 14:22, Herbei Dacian wrote: > > In the end I went for debian cause it is widely used. > > So I'm using the following command to install linux: > qemu-system-arm -m 1024 -hda arm.img -cdrom debian-7.1.0-armel-CD-1.iso > -boot d This command line is totally broken. You're running (by default) an emulation of the 'integratorcp' board (which is pretty much obsolete and a bad choice), and you're trying to pass it a CDROM image, when the board doesn't have a CDROM drive. You need to specify the right board to emulate (with '-M something' and also pass a kernel and an initrd to load (with -kernel and -initrd). -- PMM