Qemu and Ubuntu 8.04.3 with a shared folder
In the following tutorial we show you how to use Qemu to run Ubuntu 8.04.3 from a flash drive, within Windows without rebooting. In addition, you will be able to mount the shared folder on the flash drive and use it between Windows and Ubuntu to share files between the two operating systems. Please note that you should only access the files in the shared folder with one operating system at a time. The running Ubuntu 8.04.3 OS will function like the Live CD. The persistence option is not being utilized.
The advantage to using Qemu hardware emulation as opposed to a native USB boot or CD boot is that you can to plug your USB stick or portable hard drive into any available Windows PC and run a completely separate Linux operating system without rebooting the Windows Host PC. In addition you can save specific work done in Linux to the shared folder and have access to this folder from Windows.
Ubuntu is a product and Trademark of Canonical Ltd
Distribution Home Page: Ubuntu.com
Qemu Home Page: Qemu.org
Minimum Flash Drive Capacity: 1GB
Qemu Portable Ubuntu 8.04.3 essentials:
- 1GB+ flash drive (formatted as fat16 or fat32)
- A Windows Host computer
- Ubuntu 8.04.3 ISO
- QPU804.exe
Portable Ubuntu 8.04.1 creation process:
- Download and launch QPU804.exe, a QPU804 folder is created
- Download the Ubuntu ISO and move it to the QPU804 folder
- Move the QPU804 folder to your fat formatted flash drive
- From the QPU804 folder, Click QPU804.bat to start Ubuntu
- Once Ubuntu is up and running on top of Windows, navigate to Places and click QEMU VVFAT to mount it (this is the mount point for the shared folder).
You can now access QEMU VVFAT from an icon on your Ubuntu desktop and put any files you would like to share or modify between Linux and Windows there.
Basic Qemu commands:
Click within the Qemu Window to use the Ubuntu desktop
Press Ctrl+Alt to switch to and from the Host desktop
Press Ctrl+Alt+F to toggle full screen on or off
Press Ctrl+Alt+2 to switch to the Qemu Monitor (and type help for command list)
Press Ctrl+Alt+1 to switch from Qemu Monitor back to Linux
