Re: [Qemu-discuss] floppy disk icon

[golinux]

On 2016-11-17 14:27, Brian Candler wrote:
> On 17/11/2016 18:54, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > I think I remember: By default, you have an empty floppy drive, and 
> > using
> > the console, you can load an image into that drive.
> Also see from the qemu manpage:
>
>        -nodefaults
>            Don't create default devices. Normally, QEMU sets the
> default devices like serial port,
>            parallel port, virtual console, monitor device, VGA
> adapter, floppy and CD-ROM drive and
>            others. The "-nodefaults" option will disable all those
> default devices.
>
> However if you specify that, you'll need to specify a whole load of
> other args to create all those other devices.
>
> I see someone once provided a patch to disable just the floppy:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-05/msg02919.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-05/msg02928.html
>
> ... but as far as I can tell it didn't get applied.

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Thanks for solving the mystery of the phantom floppy icon.  Would be 
nice if that patch were officially applied.  (Hint, hint)  But in any 
case, I now know why it's there and what can be done to remove it.  I 
wonder why that didn't show up when I searched the archives before 
posting . . .

See you around and thanks for qemu and the great support.  :)

golinux