modified time in the COW disk image so that chances of mistakes are
reduced.
-If raw disk image is not read-only, by pressing @key{C-a s} you can
-flush the COW disk image back into the raw disk image, as in snapshot
-mode.
+If the raw disk image is not read-only, by pressing @key{C-a s} you
+can flush the COW disk image back into the raw disk image, as in
+snapshot mode.
COW disk images can also be created without a corresponding raw disk
image. It is useful to have a big initial virtual disk image without
In order to use gdb, launch vl with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
gdb connection:
@example
-> vl -s arch/i386/boot/bzImage initrd-2.4.20.img root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=6144
+> vl -s arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img root=/dev/hda
Connected to host network interface: tun0
Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
@end example