Re: [Qemu-devel] How to get 1280x1024 display from guest running Xorg?

[Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org>]

On Wednesday 21 Feb 2007, Ben Taylor wrote:
> ---- Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 21 Feb 2007, Julian Seward wrote:
> > > (replying off list)
> > >
> > > So you have Solaris 10 (x86 ?) running on qemu-0.9 ?  Is it stable?
> > > Does it work?  I have it running on vmware-5.5.3 but would prefer to
> > > move to running it on qemu if possible; however I've had mixed
> > > results with qemu in the past and don't want to spend loads of time
> > > on failed attempts to get it to work.  Hence the question.
> >
> > It was a great battle to install but now it is stable. Do the following
> > things:
> > 1. install from the DVD image
> > 2. Use the text console install
> > 3. At the end of the install, backup the image file *before* the first
> > reboot
>
> This is a good recommendation for any install.  I know I must have
> 4-5 copies of my working Win98SE and WinXPHome images.
>
> > 4. If during the first boot of the image, you get a segfault, restore 
> > and try again until you get to a prompt. Ignore any service failures.
> > (the filesystem seems prone corruption at the first boot.)
>
> How much memory are you giving the virtual machine.  Solaris 10 really
> needs 384MB and more like 512 for S10U3 to run reasonably.

I have 2GB of RAM so I always give a VM 1G.

-Robin.
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