Re: Juniper vSRX

What kvm /qemu vm type are you using ? Q35 or i440bx
Q35 would be more modern with support for pci-e sriov network interfaces

Id suggest playing around with cpu flags and the boot disk atachment ( ide
sata ) scsi etc
Try

Kindest regards,
Tom Smyth.

On Wed 29 Apr 2026, 7:29 PM Mark Saad, <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Am 29.04.26 um 19:52 schrieb Mark Saad:
>> > I am super curious why Junos 24 and 25 fail to boot on KVM hosts were
>> > the stock FreeBSD 14 and 15 work with out issues.
>>
>> FreeBSD is an on for general hardware, JunOS is designed to run on
>> Juniper's devices. It is reasonable to to remove the support for
>> anything else in the images they distribute. You should ask at a place
>> for JunOS, e.g. https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>>
>> --
>> Gruß
>> Marco
>> Muell und Spam bitte an [email protected]
>>
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> Marco
>   I'll check on the other lists too.  I wasn't trying to boot a real SRX
> code on non Juniper hardware.
> My problem is the Stock images from Juniper for virtual SRX firewalls are
> super temperamental on what
> hardware they will boot on. There isn't a lot of guidance on why or what
> Juniper has changed . The Images
> are designed to boot on x86_64 KVM hosts. They just don't always do that.
>
> --
> mark saad | [email protected]
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