Qemu Monitor With change on Windows 11 host ## Host environment - Operating system: Windows 11 professional - OS/kernel version: - Architecture: 64 bit - QEMU flavor: qemu 8, qemu 9 for Windows, - QEMU version: https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/qemu-w64-setup-20240423.exe (qemu 9 and 8) PROBLEM: change in the qemu monitor for windows 64-bit (earlier versions and qemu 9 ) doesn't process command correctly. SYNTAX: Command: change 2 PARAMETERS: [drive-label] [/host/path/to/file.iso] PROCESS: Went to view in the qemu built in gui, view then compatmontor0. I do this so I get a command prompt to execute info block to discover info about the drive label and complete path to iso. In the complete path to iso, I use Quotes to avoid spaces or spacing errors in a file path that windows command interpreter may have trouble with: Example: "I:\Program Files\qemu-files\pineditb.iso" ## Emulated/Virtualized environment --Fedora 1 dvd, qcow image file, other iso's - Operating system: i386 - OS/kernel version: - Architecture: x86 (32-bit) Example batch file: chdir /d "I:\Program Files\qemu" qemu-system-i386.exe -L bios.bin-1.7.5 -boot c -smp 2,cores=2,sockets=1 -vga virtio -hda "I:\Program Files\qemu-files\fcore-img.qcow" -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -cdrom "I:\Program Files\qemu-files\pineditb.iso" -m 512 -audio dsound pause ENVIROMENT PARAMETERS: "I:\Program Files\qemu" -program, "I:\Program Files\qemu-files" -data, config files directory qemu installation on Drive I: in is kept seperate from a qemu-files work folder on Drive I: . Using Windows commands: chdir /d "I:\Program Files\qemu" before qemu commands are executed. CONFIRMED WORKAROUND: The cd/iso/dvd files can be placed in the qemu program directory. Then no path is needed. DOCUMENTATION/RESEARCH: https://eaasi.gitlab.io/program_docs/qemu-qed/usage/qemu_monitor/, VERSION 8: QEMU, other virtual env: haiku, official qemu documentation