Hi, Not sure if this is a ports question, or misc question, or none of the above...
I am running amd64 current, and installed qemu-0.15.1p0 from ports. Following the readme instructions, I was able to boot a recent snapshot of OpenBSD (amd64) as the guest OS. Networking and x window system all work. I've then tried to install some kind of linux as the guest. After creating a virtual.img, I then try: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 200 -monitor stdio -no-fd-bootchk -hda virtual.img -cdrom debian-6.0.3-amd64-CD-1.iso -boot d The initial boot message and installer menu appears, however when I select something (eg install or graphical install) the screen then blanks indefintely, and looking at top, qemu-system starts at about 7% cpu usage, then climbs to 98% over a few minutes. I left the installer in this state for about 4 hours this afternoon, and it was still stuck on blank screen when I came home, so I don't think its just being incredibly slow. Basically the same result occurs if I try TinyCore Linux, Bodhi Linux, or Lubuntu. The "monitor" in the shell I launch qemu from just displays: QEMU 0.15.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) I've played around with the arguments to the above command, trying teh different -vga and -net settings, but i'm pretty sure they are not the problem. Is there a known working linux distro I could try? Or some other arguments or changes I can make so the critter will boot? I could not find anything relevant on the mailing lists or web. Also, launching as a normal user, the highest I can specify -m is 330 (with a "Failed to allocate memory: Cannot allocate memory" message), while using the above command as root, I can set -m to (eg) 2660. Is there a sysctl or other setting that will allow a higher memory allocation as normal user? Thanks, Brett.
