From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJlED-00022I-8a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:59:33 -0500 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AJlDh-0001ZJ-9l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:59:32 -0500 Received: from [203.63.55.34] (helo=wallace.eclinic.com.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJlDg-0001YV-3x for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:59:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Knoppix boot attempt fails - "BIOS panic in rombios.c, line 1558" From: Leigh Dyer In-Reply-To: <3FB18F41.3060001@free.fr> References: <1068600424.17951.19.camel@shawn.local> <3FB18F41.3060001@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1068602253.20120.7.camel@shawn.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:57:34 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 12:39, Fabrice Bellard wrote: > Leigh Dyer wrote: > > I also tried a self-built OpenBSD 3.4 CD, though it complains relatively > > early in the boot process that it can't find /dev/console. > > Do you try qemu-fast or qemu ? Can you record a log of the boot process > (at least a screen shot) ? > This was using qemu - I took a couple of screenshots, which show the two pages of output that I got when booting the OpenBSD CD: http://gir.eclinic.com.au/~lsd/qemu/obsd/obsd-boot-1.png http://gir.eclinic.com.au/~lsd/qemu/obsd/obsd-boot-2.png I have to say that I haven't actually tested my OpenBSD ISO on a real machine, and it does fail to boot properly on bochs as well (though much later in the boot sequence). It does work on Virtual PC on my Powerbook though, so I _think_ it's okay. > > I've got a > > few versions of Windows kicking around too - I'll give them a shot > > shortly. > > I have almost finished the task switch emulation (this is the last > painful x86 emulation code). Once it is commited, Windows support will > become possible. > That's great to hear :) Just for a laugh, I tried booting a Windows 98 CD, which effectively means booting MS-DOS, and after the initial boot menu screens (selecing whether to boot from hdd or CD, and what mode to boot the CD in) I got a lot of: qemu: unsupported keyboard cmd=0xff messages in my terminal, and then qemu segfaulted. Thanks Leigh > Fabrice. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel