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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: OpenServer image console issues
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:19:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA984AD.9010007@tmr.com> (raw)

I have a raw hard drive image of an old OpenServer server and can't quite get it 
to run. The whole original drive was saved as a single file, and started with:
   qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda opensvr.img
and various options I tried to address the problem.

Details:
   As shown, the system comes to the "boot:" prompt, when the keyboard is 
functional. On ENTER the boot proceeds until the prompt:
   Enter root password for maintenance or control-d for normal boot
At that point the keyboard is ignored. I tried entering the cntl-d with the 
sendkey command, that failed as well.

   If started using the -vnc option, boot proceeds until a character graphic 
login is displayed asking for user and password. Again the keyboard is ignored.

Any thoughts to getting this working would be very useful!

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

                 reply	other threads:[~2011-10-27 16:47 UTC|newest]

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