From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sid Boyce Subject: Re: OpenSolaris boot failure with KVM and VirtualBox Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:14:55 +0100 Message-ID: <4A6C9D1F.3090404@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <4A5ED714.7010304@blueyonder.co.uk> <4A6C80C3.8090007@redhat.com> Reply-To: g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sid Boyce , KVM list To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.6]:49945 "EHLO smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753857AbZGZSPI (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:15:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A6C80C3.8090007@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 26/07/09 17:13, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 07/16/2009 10:30 AM, Sid Boyce wrote: >> I first tried using kernel 2.6.31-rc1 on openSUSE 11.2 Milestone1 on a >> 4P box. All other VM's, Windows and Linux work, currently running >> openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 3 with 2.6.31-rc3. Verified the .iso is good. >> Error message >> ============= >> Booting 'OpenSolaris 2009.06' >> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix >> loading '/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix' ... >> cpu: 'AuthenticAMD' family 16 model 4 step 2 ... >> [BIOS accepted mixed-mode target setting!] >> [Multiboot-kernel, loadaddr=0xbffe38, text-and-data=0x1b1ff0, bss=0x0, >> entry=0xc00000] >> 'platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix' is loaded >> module$ /boot/$ISADIR/x86.microroot >> loading '/boot/$ISADIR/x86.microroot' ... >> Error 15: File not found >> Press any key to continue ... >> Regards >> Sid. >> > > Please copy kvm@vger.kernel.org on kvm issues. > > Is this a regression from previous kernel versions? What userspace are > you using? > Currently running 2.6.31-rc4 with the original kqemu-1.4.0pre1 on openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 4 and it boots OK - a 200G disk image used. qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /ISO/osol-0906-ai-x86.iso -boot d /osol0906.qcow2 -smp 4 -m 500M & Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks