On Sat, 2011-08-20 at 15:11 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > I Samuel Thibault's thread 'cdrom interface?' i wrote: > > > Well, i am a bit embarassed that i failed to get Debian/Hurd running > > > on qemu-kvm of a Debian/Linux squeeze. It installs but then does not > > > boot. Other things kept me from re-trying and then asking for help. > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Don't hesitate to ask. I'm running it completely fine in qemu-kvm in > > wheezy. > > Ok, here is my mail sketch of end of june 2011. I have been distracted > from this topic since then. But at least i now verified that kvm still > starts from the Hurd "disk" into a GRUB prompt. (Over X and ssh from the > headless Debian GNU/Linux to my workstation. My todo list says that i > shall look for a non-graphical mode where i can copy+paste and need no X.) > > ======================================================================= > 29 June 2011: > > I have a freshly installed Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2 on amd64. > Now i try to install Hurd according to > http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/README.txt > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > $ kvm-img create hurd-install.qemu 3G > Formatting 'hurd-install.qemu', fmt=raw size=3221225472 > $ kvm -m 512 -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net user -no-kvm-irqchip -hda > hurd-install.qemu -cdrom netinst.iso -boot d > $ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I have chosen to use the entire "disk". > This worked so far (except minor problems) until the install software > urges me to remove the CD and to boot. > Well, i do not know how to remove the virtual CD. So the reboot ends > up in the first installer menu. > This menu has an option to boot from the first disk. > I did, but this only yields a GRUB prompt. > > Very strangely, next day, after rebooting the hosting GNU/Linux, i get from > $ kvm -m 512 -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net user -hda hurd-install.qemu > -no-kvirqchip > kvm: invalid option -- '-no-kvirqchip'
I think you have a typo here: --no-kvm-irqchip, see above. > I can still see the successful kvm runs of yesterday with that option > (SSH session from not rebooted workstation). > This was the first reboot after apt-get install qemu-kvm . > Without that option i get to the GRUB prompt again. Maybe you are hit by the grub bug not recognizing the kvm disk for certain sizes. Can you try with for example a 4GB image? > >From the description i understand that it is not really needed > for the installed Linux kernel: > $ uname -a > Linux debian2 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 14 09:42:28 UTC 2011 x86_64 > GNU/Linux No you don't need that option unless you use kernels 2.6.33+ to 2.6.38. In 2.6.39+ it is not needed any longer. > The virtual hard disk now has this layout: ... > Any idea how to get a running system ? Don't you get a running system by choosing boot from the HDD in grub? > Minor problems: > > The installation instructions propose to run kvm as normal user. > On the freshly installed Debian 6.0.2, the permissions of /dev/kvm > do not allow this. One ends up without hardware virtualiziation, > which is indeed very slow. > > $ kvm -m 512 -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net user -no-kvm-irqchip -hda > hurd-install.qemu -cdrom netinst.iso -boot d > open /dev/kvm: Permission denied > Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support > I solved this by adding my normal user id to group kvm. Yes, you need to be a member of the kvm group. > Then i aborted the install run, deleted the disk image and started > installation from scratch. (I.e. by kvm-img create hurd-install.qemu 3G) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The install process gave me no opportunity to enter the prescibed > network paramters. (IP address: 10.0.2.15 , ...) > Is this a bad sign ? The network is set up by dhcp, so this should be automatic by now. > Have a nice day :) You too!
