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From: rongeens7 <rongeens7-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: problem trying to create an Ubuntu dapper VM ...
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:48:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1166532502.11038.33.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4587DD7A.1040307-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 14:39 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> rongeens7 wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >  I am experimenting somewhat with kvm on an
> > ubuntu edgy system, and am now trying to install
> > a plain ubuntu dapper from CD into a VM.
> > The problem is that I cannot get past the lilo prompt,
> > in fact the Qemu process craches immediately after doing
> > starting up its bios.

> This is due to a problem kvm has in processing real mode code on intel 
> processors.  If you can disable the lilo splashscreen, this may help.

I wouldn't now how to tackle this, the qemu window dissapears before I
can do anything.  Anyone knows a way around this ?

I will try to do an install without kvm and then use the resulting image
with kvm disabled. It is slow to install ubuntu this way though ...

Ron



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-12-19 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-19 12:27 problem trying to create an Ubuntu dapper VM rongeens7
2006-12-19 12:39 ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]   ` <4587DD7A.1040307-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2006-12-19 12:48     ` rongeens7 [this message]
2006-12-19 13:18       ` Avi Kivity

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