From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: rhoyerboat@gmail.com, 9fans@9fans.net From: "Stanley Lieber" Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:53:27 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_6@arpnetworks.tenderapp> <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_5@arpnetworks.tenderapp> <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_4@arpnetworks.tenderapp> <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_3@arpnetworks.tenderapp> <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_2@arpnetworks.tenderapp> <10045_2495_16663b8cca278b776372dbc44b36387b57580924_7@arpnetwork> <288e83061e963edf1c2aa45b26729934@EXAMPLE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] recent plan9.iso on hosted kvm/qemu Topicbox-Message-UUID: b5ef08f0-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I have plan9 running on a qemu installation, and I had a similiar problem > installing it. > > The --no-kvm-irqchip option on the command line may have solved the problem. > > > I also may have walked away from the machine for 6 hours only to return and > find that it had installed, .... only to tear down the ubuntu distro > based VM and replace the thing with a gentoo kernel specifically for hosting > kvm. > > The gentoo qemu + --no-kvm-irqchip thing has definately kept the plan9.iso > installation online. Here is my command-line, its miniscule compared to > yours. > > qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -net nic,macaddr=45:45:45:45:45:45 -net > tap,ifname=9tap,script=no,downscript=no -vga std --no-kvm-irqchip -vnc:1 > -hda /home/kvm9/plan9.img -m 256 -daemonize Thanks, I'll experiment with these options. > Or perhaps this, --no-kqemu since this is BSD complaining about an invalid > nvram checksum, other threads seem to indicate the CMOS layout error google > search pops on BSD across softwares. > > http://qemu-forum.ipi.fi/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1921 As far as I know, KVM/qemu is hosted on Linux. The dmesg in my previous e-mail was OpenBSD booted on the same instance of KVM/qemu; primarily so I could get an idea of what hardware KVM/qemu was presenting to the Plan 9 installer. -sl