Greetings again, Capricorny.
I admit to being a Luddite, opposed to learning anything new unless
or until it is absolutely necessary. But,
My impression is that a qemu approach WITHOUT hardware acceleration
is a poor alternative to that of making a LiveCD to accomplish the
same purpose. The same purpose being the eventual production of a
LiveUSB derived from a downloaded iso. The time and cost of making
an interim LiveCD product are rather minimal, and for the most part,
already automated.
A qemu approach WITH hardware acceleration seems a much more complex
approach than the "poor-man's install" alternative which I understand
Klaus K has recently provided 7.4 which also makes an interim LiveCD
unnecessary. Below is my slight edit of Klaus K's 7.4 release notes**
almost subliminal advertisement of this new feature:
CD- or DVD-size LiveUSB,
And, of course, update 'V7.4.1, etc' as appropriate.
**See for example,
http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix742-en.html