> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On > Behalf Of soko.tica > Sent: 09 September 2016 11:09 > To: misc <misc@openbsd.org> > Subject: Install octeon on Qemu question(s) > > Hello, > > I am unsucesfully trying to install octeon on Qemu (I have managed to > install it on Ubiquity edge router Lite, but I need a qemu guest for > updating the router as needed). > > After much trouble, i have managed to alter miniroot for booting via > serial, if that was needed at all. > === > # vnconfig vnd0 > miniroot60.fs > # mount /dev/vnd0i /mnt > # ls -lh /mnt > total 16672 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8.1M Jul 29 08:32 bsd.rd > # mkdir /mnt/etc > # echo 'set tty > com0'>/mnt/etc/boot.conf > # umount /mnt > # vnconfig -u vnd0 > === > I'm trying to install miniroot.fs according to the instructions from > /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/qemu, but I am always getting the errors > I > don't understand, e.g.: > === > $ qemu-system-mips64 -m 512 -serial stdio -hda octeon.img -hdb > miniroot60.fs -> > WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'miniroot60.fs' and probing > guessed raw. > Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw images, > write operations on block 0 will be restricted. > Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions. > qemu-system-mips64: Could not load MIPS bios 'mips_bios.bin', and no > -kernel argument was specified > $ qemu-system-mips64 -m 512 -serial stdio -hda octeon.img format=raw - > hdb > miniroot60< > qemu-system-mips64: -hda octeon.img: drive with bus=0, unit=0 (index=0) > exists > === > > Please point to what should I do to accomplish it, I have already wasted > too much time on it. > > Thanks in advance.
You can't emulate Octeon with QEMU. You also need more than that to emulate a MIPS64 board, it isn't x86.
