cd $(dirname $0)
#Getting the env. as passed by the test framework - mostly MACADDR and NODE_ISO
-CONFIG=start-qemu.conf
+CONFIG=qemu.conf
if [ ! -e ${CONFIG} ];then
- echo "File for MAC Address not found"
+ echo "File for node_iso version not found"
exit 1
fi
. $CONFIG
#default Value
-QEMU=qemu-system-x86_64
-HDA=hda_10.raw
-RAM=520;
+#always use the 64 bit version of qemu, as this will work on both 32 & 64 bit host kernels
+QEMU=qemu
+HDA=hda_5.img
+RAM=1024
-SCRIPT=./qemu-ifup
-TAP="tap,script=$SCRIPT";
-
-
-##check for the creation of new HDA
-#if [ -e "$HDA" ]; then
-# echo "Disk already existing removing it..."
-# rm -rf $HDA
-#fi
-#
+SCRIPT=qemu-ifup
+TAP="tap,script=$SCRIPT"
#Creating new HDA if needed only
+#using qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM snapshots
if [ -f $HDA ] ; then
echo "Using $HDA"
else
echo "Creating hard disk for Qemu install under $HDA"
- img=$(qemu-img create $HDA 10G)
+ img=$(qemu-img create -f qcow2 $HDA 5G)
if [ -z "$img" ];then
echo "Can't Create disk image..."
exit 1
rm -f qemu.pid
#Command for running the Qemu Emulator
-ARGS="-boot d -cdrom ${NODE_ISO} -hda ${HDA} -m ${RAM} -net nic,macaddr=${MACADDR} -net $TAP -nographic -pidfile qemu.pid"
-echo $$ > shell.pid
+ARGS="-boot d -net nic,macaddr=${MACADDR} -net $TAP, -cdrom ${NODE_ISO} -hda ${HDA} -m ${RAM} -nographic -pidfile qemu.pid"
echo "Running $QEMU $ARGS < /dev/null"
exec $QEMU $ARGS < /dev/null