Solaris 10 doesn't work under KVM

Waba
2007-01-28T14:40:52Z

Hello,

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).

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

and get dropped to a shell where even a simple "ls" produces a SIGILL. I
don't know Solaris (yet :), but I suspect that it happens when it tries
to start Java for svcs. If I choose to spawn a shell rather than
installing, I can run commands without problem.

Disabling KVM (-no-kvm) lets the installation proceed, but it is so slow
that I cancelled it before the end.

Now, how to reproduce my setup:
- Browse http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
- Click "Download Solaris 10"
- If asked for a user/pass, use bugmenot0/bugmenot (or make your own
account)
- Select the medium at the top of the page. You can reproduce this bug
using only the first CD (308MB), rather than downloading it all.
- Unzip the ISO somewhere
- Create a temporary disk image and boot.

Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you
much in advance,
-Waba.

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