Re: running aurora in qemu on linux/x64-host?

"Christoph Rupp" <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:27:03 +0100 (CET)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.aurora.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tom,

>> I can still select a keyboard, but then the installer once prints
>> "ERROR: opening /dev/sda", and then it exits.
>
> How did you make that test.img file? Try doing:
>
> qemu-img create test.img 4G

i created it with
qemu-img create test.img 2G

> I'd also note a few things about qemu that I know of:
>
> The X driver emulation is not terribly good, it locks up early. Try
> doing a text mode install. Also, you can't boot the DVD image, the prom
> emulation isn't smart enough.

So you managed to run aurora as a qemu guest? Can you tell me your
qemu-system-sparc command line?

Thanks
Chris

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