Can't run belenix on qemu

eantoranz · 03-07-2008, 08:10 AM

Hi!

I'm trying to run run belenix on QEMU (by providing the iso as a -cdrom parameter). But I think I'm hitting a brick wall here. This is what shows up in Belenix terminal:

Code:

WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1,1/ide@1 (ata1):
        timeout: abort request, target 0 lun 0
WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1,1/ide@1 (ata1):
        timeout: abort device, target 0 lun 0
WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1,1/ide@1 (ata1):
        timeout: reset target, target 0 lun 0
WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1,1/ide@1 (ata1):
        timeout: reset bus, target 0 lun 0

a number of times. Then it asks to go to maintainance mode. I can provide the password (nothing seems to work as password) or skip with ctrl-D... which repeats the same message.

Also, on QEMU's output, I get this:

Code:

dma: command 0x8 not supported
dma: command 0x9 not supported
dma: command 0x8 not supported
dma: command 0x9 not supported
dma: command 0x8 not supported
dma: command 0x9 not supported
dma: command 0x8 not supported
dma: command 0x9 not supported

This are the parameters I'm providing qemu to run:

Code:

-cdrom belenix/belenix0.6.1.iso -net nic,macaddr=00:00:00:00:00:02 -net tap,ifname=tapdsl -m 256

I'm running the QEMU from ubuntu 7.10 and belenix 0.6.1.

Thanks in advance

Unknown_User · 03-07-2008, 11:39 AM

I can't see from your post if you have created a file that will hold Belenix when you boot the .iso? In case you haven't then;

For an expanding 4Gb file something like

Code:

qemu-img create -f qcow belenix.img 4000M

will create the file. Then start the QEMU VM with

Code:

qemu -hda belenix.img -cdrom belenix/belenix0.6.1.iso -net nic,macaddr=00:00:00:00:00:02 -net tap,ifname=tapdsl -m 256

Best of luck...

eantoranz · 03-07-2008, 12:07 PM

Is it mandatory to use a (virtual) HD?

Unknown_User · 03-07-2008, 12:30 PM

Good question.

I'm afraid that I don't know but I have never used QEMU, even with bootable .iso images, without one.

eantoranz · 03-07-2008, 12:39 PM

I got to start it... at least could get into the session, but it doesn't work quite right. I did an ls and this is what I got:

Code:

 ld.so.1: ls: fatal: /usr/foss/lib/preloadable_libiconv.so: open failed: No such file or directory

What the hell is going on?

Unknown_User · 03-07-2008, 12:58 PM

Did you check the integrity of your Belenix .iso?

eantoranz · 03-07-2008, 05:24 PM

Yes... it's the same MD5 for the iso as it's published in the internet:

d8d6140759d4e24d2bed518c2989ed22 /usr/local/qemu/belenix/belenix0.6.1.iso

see the MD5 here: http://www.genunix.org/distributions...te/?q=download

jlliagre · 03-07-2008, 05:38 PM

You may want to try Virtual Box instead of qemu.