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 1Aderl-0007mo-I8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:14:37 -0500 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ader6-0007Ws-IE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:14:28 -0500 Received: from [62.210.158.46] (helo=teheran.magic.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ader0-0007VT-3d for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:13:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu on 2.6.0-rc1 From: "J. Mayer" In-Reply-To: <20040105223155.GA14669@best.ms.philips.com> References: <20040105223155.GA14669@best.ms.philips.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1073343708.21111.6.camel@rapid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:01:48 +0100 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@tux.tmfweb.nl, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 23:31, Rutger Nijlunsing wrote: > Hi, > > I try to run qemu-fast on Linux kernel 2.6.0-rc1. I could not find the > things which I should change in the documentation: .... > After recompiling the kernel, both qemu-fast and qemu refuses to boot > this kernel: > > qemu -nographic -hda linux.img -kernel ../linux-qemu/arch/i386/boot/bzImage -append "root=/dev/hda ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe ide4=noprobe ide5=noprobe" > > ...boots not bzImage, but the kernel which resides in the image file > linux.img. The fact is qemu -kernel relies on the fact that the kernel has a integrated bootloader at the start of the bzImage. This has been suppressed in 2.6 kernels, so you should install your kernel inside a loop device install a MBR at the start of this device. You can use lilo to do this. -- J. Mayer Never organized