Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu problem (you might be my last resort)

[Robin Pfeifer <robinpfeifer@web.de>]

I have changed my subscription address as no post of this thread made it 
through the damn spam guard of my provider's. Maybe I shouldn't have 
used 'last resort' in the topic line...

Anyway:

Jim C. Brown wrote:

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:10:16AM +0100, Robin Pfeifer wrote:
 > > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:06:22PM +0100, Robin Pfeifer wrote:
 > >> When I start qemu with the following command:
 > >>
 > >> qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d -snapshot -m 256
 > >>
 > >> with any bootable CD in the drive, I only get a qemu window with the
 > >> tile 'qemu stopped'. I cannot get into the monitor by pressing ctrl +
 > >> alt + 2 or do anything else except ctrl + c in the terminal where I
 > >> started qemu to cancel it.
 >

 > Out of curiosity, does it work if you use an iso image instead of
 > /dev/cdrom?

No, it doesn't, the same error appears.

 > If you "-boot a" from a floppy disk image, will that work or does it 
have the
 > same error? (You can download a FreeDOS boot disk if u don't have a 
way to
 > get a bootable floppy disk image).

That's very strange, booting from a floppy works.

 > >>
 > >> The command used to work perfectly with various versions of qemu, but
 > >> now doesn't anymore. I've tried CVS versions after 0.6.1 stopped
 > >> working, but to no avail.
 > >>
 >

 > Does using older versions of qemu work? (Sorry if I'm asking 
questions > that
 > you have already answered but I don't remember the original email).

I haven't tried older versions than 0.6.1, but that used to work before 
I tried -m 350. Then I upgraded my RAM, tried the new parameter, and 
that was it. I also tried removing the RAM again, in case there was 
something wrong with it, but that didn't change anything.

 >
 > >>
 > >> At first only my user ID had the problem, and root worked - but then I
 > >> tried the -m 350 parameter with root, too, (not thinking, at the time,
 > >> that it could be the cause of the problem) and since then, root hasn't
 > >> been able to use qemu anymore either.
 >
 > >if u add a new user, can that user use qemu (provided you don't try
 > "-m 350") ?
 >
 > No, I tried that yesterday, but a new user gets the same error. Root
 > used not to get it when the user already did, but after using -m 350
 > with root, it no longer worked for root either.
 >

 > This is the most confusing thing of all.

Stefan Kisdaroczi wrote:

 > Did you try to set "-L" ?
 > -L path  // set the directory for the BIOS and VGA BIOS

No, I didn't try that. This parameter isn't in the qemu manpage, is it? 
What am I supposed to use as directory?

Robin