install old linux on qemu

frieza · 03-22-2010, 04:47 PM

just out of nostalgia i found an old redhat 6.2 iso and have been unsucessful so far at getting it to run under qemu
i get it as far as booting and kudzu recognizes the video card, probes it and detects what mode it needs to use
i even get it to boot with
linux vga=791 (and disable apic and apci)
but when Xconfigurator goes to test X11 and display the 'yes it's working' screen all i get is this
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5720/qemu.jpg
something similar happened when i tried using the X based installer, windows rendered without title bars or text

any ideas
yes i know redhat 6.2 is ancient i was just trying for nostalgia's sake since redhat 6.2 was one of the first distributions i used on an intel platform

output of qemu --version

Code:

QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.0 (qemu-kvm-0.11.0), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

Mr-Bisquit · 03-22-2010, 07:19 PM

What's the exact command line that you are using?

Code:

qemu -cdrom /path/ -hda /path -vga std #use "man qemu" for other options -m amount -soundhw option -boot d

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Have you tried booting the install in text mode?

frieza · 03-22-2010, 07:38 PM

i ran the install completely in text mode, no problem its when i try running ANYthing in X within qemu

Mr-Bisquit · 03-22-2010, 08:34 PM

Try the cpu option with an older type

Code:

qemu -cpu ?
x86           qemu32
x86          coreduo
x86              486
x86          pentium
x86         pentium2
x86         pentium3
x86           athlon
x86             n270

Did you try different video cards or exporting to a vnc session?

Mr-Bisquit · 03-22-2010, 08:42 PM

http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/tip...-using-vnc-kvm

frieza · 03-23-2010, 12:43 AM

thanks but, still doesnt work