> 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
