Re: Solaris 10 doesn't work under KVM

Michael Riepe
2007-01-28T17:38:20Z

Hi!

Waba wrote:

> I tried to install Solaris 10 under KVM, without success, so Avi told me
> to post the details here. My CPU is an AMD X2, and I am using KVM trunk
> on a 2.6.19.2, started with the following command-line:
>
> kvm -hda solaris.qcow -cdrom sol-10-u3-ga-x86-dvd.iso -boot d -m 512 -no-acpi
>
> (I tried with and without -no-acpi).

-no-acpi should not be necessary for Solaris/x86.

> If I follow the normal installation path, I soon get messages like:
>
> svc.startd[7]: svc:/milestone/single-user:default: Method "/sbin/rcS start" failed due to signal ILL

I've seen SIGILLs on AMD (Opteron 8218) as well. It worked on an Intel
CPU, however.

Is your host running in 32 or 64 bit mode? I used 64 bit mode (host OS
was SLES 10).

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Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael-0QoEqw4nQxo@public.gmane.org>
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