On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > Based on what worked for Ryan, I tried with -m 512 instead of -m 1300. >> > Now I can install and run OpenBSD 5.0 i386 (release). Qemu used to be >> > able to run on my computer with -m 1300, but apparently not anymore. >> > 512M is enough, anyway. >> >> you may be neglecting to set your ulimit datasize prior to running qemu >> with large memory values. i.e. ulimit -d unlimited (or a large number >> such as 1500, before running qemu with -m 1300) >> >> > > > I've been running ulimit -d 2000000 before trying anything with qemu (ksh > won't let me go higher than this number). From memory even -m 512 will not > work unless this value is first adjusted.
Unless there are any objections I will commit this tomorrow. f.-
