#DPATCHLEVEL=1
Index: qemu-0.8.2/hw/pc.c
===================================================================
--- qemu-0.8.2.orig/hw/pc.c	2006-07-22 20:23:34.000000000 +0300
+++ qemu-0.8.2/hw/pc.c	2006-08-11 19:31:00.000000000 +0300
@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@ static void pc_init1(int ram_size, int v
 
         if (bs_table[0] == NULL) {
             fprintf(stderr, "A disk image must be given for 'hda' when booting a Linux kernel\n");
-            exit(1);
         }
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", bios_dir, LINUX_BOOT_FILENAME);
         ret = load_image(buf, bootsect);